The heritage house-loving Architourist can’t do much better than a stroll down Macon, Georgia’s College Street
If one can see past the thick-trunked southern magnolia trees, the heritage house-loving Architourist can’t do much better than a stroll down Macon, Ga.’s College Street.
Sitting on the breezy front porch of my hotel a few buildings away and swirling a stiff, bourbon-based drink, it occurred to me that, for a city of 160,000, Macon punches far above its weight class. “If this was in Atlanta, well, a developer would’ve demolished it already,” said the burly man as his wife nodded in agreement. Our small group was assembled in the basement of Hay House, waiting for our tour to begin.
The most impressive room – and indeed the one meant to impress guests – is just behind the 12-foot tall, 500-pound, twin front doors: the “Marble Hall” where, said Ms. Evans, “the only real marble is the floor” and the rest was painted by an artist. The Hay family, apparently, didn’t even know it was there; it was discovered during a 1990s restoration under multiple layers of paint and, thankfully, protected by a coat of varnish.Courtesy Hay HouseCourtesy Hay HouseMacon Georgia tour.
While Shauntelle and I did a little architectural driving tour based on the Macon Magazine article – my two favourites were the city’s “only remaining grouping of antebellum row houses” at 931-945 Walnut St. and the Beaux Arts library at 1180 Washington Ave. – we found it far more interesting to walk the oldest parts of town and read the heritage plaques on the buildings or, underfoot, the old terrazzo ‘aprons’ with long-gone retail store names.
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