WE’RE HAVING A POP-UP, HALF-OFF SALE THIS SUNDAY
We just finished our fall Flea Market, and then we saw that we still have plenty of great items on our warehouse floor.
So we’re having a one-day, half-off sale this Sunday afternoon from 1-4 p.m., at our warehouse, 357 Oglethorpe St. You’ll be able to park across the street at the Macon Water Authority parking lot.
You’ll find great deals on everything from hardware and hand tools to lamps, furniture, antiques, linens, holiday decorations, home and garden items, china, glassware, artwork, silver, toys, mirrors and sporting goods.
So please tell your friends, and if you’re planning to attend, bring (or borrow) a truck so you can take home your purchase Sunday afternoon. We’ll be shutting down for the season after our sale.
Thank you for supporting Historic Macon, and please help us spread the word.
‘CIVIL WAR GHOSTS’ AUTHOR RETURNING TO MACON
How often do you get entertained inside a mausoleum?
Now’s your chance! Courtney McInvale is returning to Macon this Thursday, Oct. 17, when she will share tales from her latest book, “Civil War Ghosts of Georgia, Volume 2.”
She’ll share stories she uncovered about mysterious train wrecks, near-death experiences and searches for gold. And that’s just a start. Riverside Cemetery and Conservancy’s mausoleum is only open for its annual Spirits in October tour, so we appreciate the opportunity to get inside this magnificent structure and hear some good, old-fashioned storytelling.
Some of McInvale's stories, like those about Macon’s own Alfred Iverson’s losses at the Battle of Gettysburg or the Jeffers brothers, who are buried in ROSE HILL CEMETERY 1840, cover local history. Others go farther afield.
The evening will start with refreshments at 5:30 p.m., and the program will begin at 6. The session is free, but please help us plan by registering beforehand HERE.
2024 MACON’S FADING FIVE LIST UNVEILED
Nathan Lott, Historic Macon’s executive director, made the announcements from the site of the Hillyer-Kernaghan House, located at 2715 Cherokee Ave.
“The sites on this year’s list are important to the Macon community, and we’re dedicated to saving all of them with help from our partners and our supporters,” Lott said. “We are grateful for everyone who believes in our mission and stands with us.”
Historic Macon sifts through nominations each year to craft its Macon’s Fading Five list. 2024 marks the 10th year of the program, which calls attention to historic sites across Macon-Bibb County that could be lost due to insensitive development or neglect.
Since the launch of the Fading Five program in 2015, Historic Macon has put 20 properties on the list. To date, 14 of them have been saved and protected while just one has been lost.
In 2014, the community lost two historic structures, Tremont Temple Baptist Church and the former Charles H. Douglass home, to commercial development, prompting the Fading Five initiative.
A property remains on the list until the site is no longer under threat, the foundation determines that it has been appropriately preserved, or it is lost. An updated list is announced annually.
Thanks to the generosity of The 1772 Foundation and the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, HMF has a dedicated fund — the Fading Five Fund — to preserve endangered places in the community. Those funds have been used to revitalize houses in the North Highlands neighborhood and acquire the old Fire Hall No. 4 on Third Street, which is now Historic Macon’s office. A majority of the sites that have been saved, however, were rescued by private owners.
Besides the Hillyer-Kernaghan House, Macon’s Fading Five list for 2024 also includes: the D.T. Walton Building; the Dr. E.E. Green house; the Roxy Theatre; and the First National Bank and Trust Co. Building.
Our mission is to revitalize communities by preserving architecture and sharing history.
One of the benefits of your property residing in a National Register Historic District is preservation incentives. Historic tax credits allow citizens to undertake rehabilitation projects at a reasonable cost and Historic Macon is here to walk you through that process.
A key part of Historic Macon's mission is education. We tell the stories of people who make a difference in our preservation community, as well as those pioneering visionaries whose shoulders we stand on today. Read more about them HERE.