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Under government pressure in 1805, the Lower Creek ceded their lands east of the Ocmulgee River to the state of Georgia, but they refused to surrender the sacred mounds. They retained a 3-by-5-mile (4.8 km × 8.0 km) area on the east bank called the Ocmulgee Old Fields Reserve. It included both the mounds on the Macon Plateau and the Lamar mounds.
Johnston–Felton–Hay House. The Johnston–Felton–Hay House in Macon was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974. The Johnston–Felton–Hay House, often abbreviated Hay House, is a historic residence at 934 Georgia Avenue in Macon, Georgia. Built between 1855 and 1859 by William Butler Johnston and his wife Anne Tracy Johnston in ...
Location. Founded in 1981, this 8,500-square-foot (790 m 2) museum is dedicated to preserving and displaying African American art, history, and culture. The museum was located at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive and Walnut Street from its founding until 2015. The 8,500 square foot building was replaced with a new 49,500 square ...
Tubman Museum executive director Harold Young holds his phone while calling museum founder Richard Keil to celebrate his 91st birthday on Friday, May 24, 2024, at the Tubman Museum in Macon, Georgia.
It earned its name after sustaining damage from a Union Army cannonball strike on July 30, 1864, in the American Civil War. [3] A bronze cannon forged at the Macon Arsenal in 1864 is set in the front yard. The Cannonball House was constructed in 1853 as a planter's townhouse [2] for Judge Asa Holt. [4] It is also known as the Home of Judge Ada ...
The Macon Historic District is a historic district in Macon, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and was expanded in 1995. [2] The original listing covered 587 acres (238 ha) and included 1,050 contributing resources; the increase added 101 acres (41 ha) and 157 contributing resources (of which 10 acres and 10 contributing buildings were already listed ...
Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, closed in 2011. Lewis Grizzard Museum, Moreland, closed in 2011, collections now at the Moreland Hometown Heritage Museum [5][6] Nash Farm Battlefield Museum, closed June 1, 2017 [7] National Museum of Patriotism, Atlanta, closed in 2010.
Georgia groups offer incentives to make an early voting plan at The Tubman Museum in Macon. Jesse Fraga. October 25, 2024 at 1:29 PM. Attendees walk through the exhibit at the opening reception ...