North Highlands Historic District

North Highlands is a residential neighborhood in Macon, Georgia, on a high bluff east of the Ocmulgee River, about a mile from the central business district. It grew from the 1890s into the early 1940s on land once part of the Melrose family plantation, later bought by Senator A. O. Bacon and developed in stages. The district contains 240 contributing buildings, mostly houses, including the ca. 1850 Melrose House at its center. Older, larger wood-frame homes along North Avenue show Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Neoclassical Revival styles, while newer sections hold smaller Craftsman and English Vernacular Revival houses. Restrictive covenants controlled the size, cost and setback of dwellings, and hexagonal-paver sidewalks and mature trees remain. Growth peaked between 1920 and 1925. The neighborhood was listed for its illustration of suburban planning and development and for its varied, well-preserved architecture. One small frame general store is the only historic non-residential building.