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In Macon, there are fifty-five hundred structures that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two houses, the Hay House which is now operated as a museum and he private Raines-Carmichael House, are National Register Landmarks. General Sherman’s decision to bypass Macon in his destructive March to the Sea and the fact that economic activity and innovation in Macon have historically tended to outpace the speed of construction have worked together to leave Macon with a beautifully historic character. Old buildings have been re-purposed rather than replaced and the area’s architectural beauty in a profusion of styles is a major source of aesthetic character of the community. In the Intown and Vineville historic districts, there are many wonderful examples of the Greek Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne styles. The traditionally black neighborhood of Pleasant Hill offers many examples of the considerably less grand but far more uncommon and just as historic “shotgun” style homes, many of which date as far back as the Reconstruction period. The mercantile buildings of the downtown area are made of locally produced brick or regional stone.

Macon is said to have more churches per capita than any other city in the South. The first church was built by an Episcopalian congregation in 1825, with Methodist and Baptist congregations following in 1826. Today, by far, the Baptist church is the most abundantly represented denomination in Macon, with Methodist as a distant second. The church buildings, more than two hundred and fifty in total, are of varying and often fanciful aesthetics, ranging from Gothic to neo-Gothic to Romanesque, with a few exotic Byzantine designs as well.