Tindall Heights Historic District
Why it's listed
Tindall Heights is a roughly 400-acre neighborhood southwest of downtown Macon, Georgia, built up between about 1870 and 1942. Industrial uses came first in the 1850s, including Civil War-era foundries and a Confederate armory, but none of those buildings remain. Residential growth followed, and the area was annexed into the city in 1910. Nearly all of the houses are wood-framed and show a wide range of types, including shotguns often built in rows, saddlebags, bungalows, Queen Anne cottages and American four-squares. Small brick and wood commercial buildings sit on corner lots, many along Broadway, and a few still serve neighborhood businesses. Romanesque Revival and Colonial Revival churches and a Colonial Revival school also survive. The neighborhood grew mainly as a white middle-class area, with pockets of working-class and Black housing. It was listed for its unusually large and intact collection of urban Georgia house types and for its role in Macon's residential development.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the district holds one of the largest and most intact collections of urban Georgia house types from 1870 to 1942, which supports significance in architecture. It is also significant in community planning and development as the Tindall Heights neighborhood, a middle-class area with working-class and Black pockets, annexed into Macon in 1910.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 93000587, listed July 1, 1993. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by Broadway, Eisenhower Pkwy., Felton and Nussbaum Aves., Central of Georgia RR tracks and Oglethorpe St, Macon |
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| County | Bibb County |
| Listed | July 1, 1993 |
| Reference number | 93000587 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | c.1870-1942 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Craftsman, Italianate, Classical Revival, Romanesque, Colonial Revival, Folk Victorian |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Many commercial buildings are still used for neighborhood businesses; churches, school and houses remain in their historic functions. Outer fringes have been affected by encroachment, neglect and vandalism. |
| Acreage | 400 |
| Coordinates | 32.81973, -83.64445 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 93000587.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q141704527
- This listing as JSON
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