East Macon Historic District

East Macon Historic District covers the intact southern half of a residential area that grew on the east bank of the Ocmulgee River, across from downtown Macon. Its 193 contributing buildings date from about 1870 to 1941 and are mostly wood-framed houses in Queen Anne, Italianate, Folk Victorian, Neoclassical Revival and Craftsman styles, along with shotgun, saddlebag and bungalow types. Larger houses on big lots were built for upper-middle-class white residents, while modest infill housing and a remnant mill village served working families. Community buildings include a Victorian Gothic Methodist church from 1870, a simpler former Episcopal church from 1880, and a Craftsman-style mill auditorium built around 1920 for Bibb Manufacturing Company workers. A 1920s brick gas station is also included. The area was annexed into Macon in 1910, which brought sewers, paved streets and fire protection. The district was recognized for its architecture and for showing how this part of Macon developed.