{"nrhp_refnum":"87000977","name":"Macon Railroad Industrial District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Sts., Central of Georgia, Southern, and Seaboard RR tracks","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.83069962650006,"lon":-83.62321674703384,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-06-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 416-acre district of late 19th- and early 20th-century railroad, industrial, warehouse and commercial buildings southeast of downtown Macon, Georgia, just south of the Ocmulgee River where the Central of Georgia, Southern and Seaboard tracks converge.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district holds the state's largest and most varied collection of historic railroad, industrial, commercial and warehouse buildings. It represents Macon's role in New South industrialization, its function as a wholesale commercial center, and its position as a central Georgia rail transportation hub. Key elements include the 1916 Beaux-Arts Macon Terminal and the 1910 Central of Georgia repair complex.","narrative":"Southeast of downtown Macon, where three railroad lines converge south of the Ocmulgee River, a district of about 416 acres preserves the city's railroad and industrial core. Most buildings are brick, one to four stories tall, and many have rail sidings at the rear. Development began as railroads arrived in the late 1830s, but the main growth came from the 1880s until the 1930s. Landmarks include the limestone Macon Terminal of 1916, designed by Alfred Felheimer, and the Central of Georgia car shops of 1910 with a sawtooth roof and a steel-frame coal chute. Iron works, a flour mill, brick makers, a sash and door company, warehouses and Broadway commercial blocks add to the mix, along with railroad bridges, trestles and overpasses. An early city cemetery from 1823 sits in the middle. The district was recognized for its concentration of varied industries from the New South era, its wholesale commerce, and its role as a central Georgia rail hub.","period_of_significance":"1844-1936","architect_builder":"multiple; Macon Terminal designed by Alfred Felheimer of Washington, D.C.","architectural_style":"Beaux-Arts (Macon Terminal); otherwise late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial, commercial and warehouse buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in mixed commercial, industrial, government and transportation use. Some buildings have been altered, and the Central of Georgia roundhouse has been demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.101723-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/87000977.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000977/ff91795c89-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000977/ff91795c89-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terminal_Station.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terminal_Station.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74000658","name":"Macon Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/macon-historic-district-74000658/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207049","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49520516"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/macon-railroad-industrial-district-87000977/"}