Autumn Newsletter

NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2009

VOLUME VI

ISSUE 4

THE ATLANTIC COTTON MILL The Atlantic Cotton Mills, an 1882 mill near the Vineville Historic District, is one step closer to being developed into 103 condominium units by the Landmark Group. The Macon City Council voted to approve the use of funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development disaster aid grant to help fund projects in Bibb County and the City of Macon. The grant application is being considered by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). If awarded, City Council and County Commission must vote again to accept the funding and allocate it as “gap financing” to leverage this $12.5 million preservation project.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

The current status of the Atlantic Cotton Mill project depends on final approval of the grant funding, as well as environmental clean up of the site. (Continued on page 9)

Leavells Host HMF Fundraiser

Tax Credits Save Houses, Save Money Maconites Tell Their Stories Literary, Architectural Education Launches Strategic Plan: New Vision, Mission Sidney’s Flute Sings New Song Calendar of Events

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HISTORIC MACON FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jeff Logan, President Elect Sally Heard, Secretary Tom Wight, Treasurer Kay Gerhardt, Counsel Evelyn Adams Lars Anderson Katey Brown Jim Coleman Phyllis Farmer Vickie Hertwig George McCommon BOARD OF TRUSTEES Joe Adams Terry Ambrose Tommy Barnes Richard Bates Don Bivings O. Winchester Blanks Charles Brittain Cynthia Busbee Dorothy Cook Walter Elliott Larry Fennelly Patricia Hammond Margaret Harrington Burt Lee Diane Lewis Susan Long Pino Mauro Vern McCarty Aubrey Newby Tom Owens Dwan Packnett Felicia Parker H. Lee Perdue Jennifer Simmons Pam Thomasson Dick Tomasson Melanie Vaughn Diana Jones Williams Michael Wright

A Message FROM THE DIRECTOR At the recent “Preservation for Profit” conference in Columbus, I was reminded what a great time it is to invest in a historic building. With downtown housing at capacity and Intown’s promise of a new “College Hill Corridor,” it is easy to see our city at a tipping point. We just need a small push.

Thanks to your support and a small push, we were able to save and submit a grant application for a redevelopment revolving loan fund to adaptively re-use Atlantic Cotton Mills and other historic buildings. That application was submitted to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs in July and is currently being considered by the Commissioner, Michael A. Beatty (404.679.0583, mike.beatty@dca.ga.gov). Please feel free to send your support and encouragement if you know Commissioner Beatty. If you are interested in viewing the full application, I have a copy at the Cottage which I am happy to share.

As we continue to advocate for historic structures, I am convinced that we can facilitate preservation by highlighting the economic benefits of historic buildings. Our next rehabilitation project sits across the street from Mercer’s President’s mansion. Thanks to tax credits, the bungalow at 1525 Coleman Ave. will be available completely rehabilitated, with stainless steel appliances and granite counters, for $650/month for a standard mortgage with 3.5% down payment or for $570/month for a Mercer employee with no down payent. That price includes taxes and insurance!

Of course, these tax credits are available for almost any historic building, and Historic Macon can complete the paperwork for you. Our new staff person, Nathan Bevil, arrives with expertise in historic preservation tax credits. He is currently completing projects for two homes and a downtown commercial building that will save the owners hundreds of thousands of dollars and provide economically viable uses for the future of these historic structures. Please email info@historicmacon.org or call us at (478) 742-5084 if you are interested in learning more about these programs.

It takes a lot of hard work and overtime to keep you informed about advocacy issues and to work with developers and home owners to find viable solutions to save old buildings. We depend on your donations to enable our professional services. Our membership count sits at about one-third of its level several years ago. Won’t you please help us by referring a new member to Historic Macon this month? Please call me if you have any recommendations for neighbors, colleagues or friends who can help us do the important work of imagining our new future in the old places that make Macon special.

Josh Rogers, Director

HISTORIC MACON FOUNDATION Please Visit Our Consolidated Offices At The Sidney Lanier Cottage 935 High Street • MondayMonday-Friday, 900-500 Josh Rogers • Executive Director Cantey Ayres • Business Manager Billing, Office Administration Nathan Bevil • Preservation & Fundraising Coordinator Tax Credits, Research, Events Janis Haley • Director of Development Cottage, Giving, Membership, Education

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TAX CREDITS SAVE HOUSES, SAVE MONEY 1525 Coleman Ave.Ave.- Across the street from the Elliot Dunwodydesigned president's mansion at Mercer University sits a 1910 cedarshake bungalow. Historic Macon Foundation will rehabilitate this home into a revitalized property, complementing the nearby neighborhood center, Mercer Village. The 2 bedroom, 2 bath home features a deep front porch, a beautiful sunroom and 1,510 square feet of living space. The sales price will be $135,000 and contracts are being accepted. The home carries over $30,000 in historic tax credits, making mortgage payments as low as $625/month including taxes and insurance with no down payment for Mercer employees.

1030 Elm St.St.- The diverse Beall's Hill neighborhood sits on the edge of Mercer's eastern border and hosts a variety of home-owners and families who like the charm of Intown Macon. Our newest revitalized home in this neighborhood will be 1030 Elm St. A short walk from award winning Alexander II elementary school, this tin-roofed cottage has lots of period detail and a large backyard. The home will have 2 bedrooms and 2 baths with about 1250 square feet of living space. The home is listed at $106,000 and has historic tax credits worth $34,000, meaning a Mercer employee could purchase the home for around $400/month with no down payment.

Come discover the Sweet Southern Treasures of

The Side Porch Gift Shop Located in the

Sidney Lanier Cottage Delight in all The Side Porch Gift Shop has to offer: Hostess Gifts, “Cat’s Meow” Sidney Lanier Cottage Wood Cuts, Birthday Gifts, Winnie McQueen Hand-dyed Silk Scarves, Fragrant Hand-crafted Soaps in scents like Marshes of Glynn, Cherry Blossom, and Kudzu, Historic Macon Koozies, Tea Service Sets, Books Featuring Local Authors and Local Subjects, and all things Sidney!

Open MM-Sat from 10am10am-4pm 478478-743743-3851 935 High Street, Macon

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LITERARY, ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION LAUNCHES

By Lars Anderson The Education Committee is presently working on two special projects which will make significant contributions to Historic Macon and the Middle Georgia community.

Our first effort is the production and imminent release of Historic Macon’s annual calendar. This year, the calendar will feature the Macon Auditorium as seen through the lens of local photographer Walter Elliott. Photographs have been submitted and juried, and the final product features fourteen very special interior and exterior views of the Auditorium – many of which reveal details and elements of this building which most have never seen. This year’s calendar continues the tradition of serving the educational mission of this organization as it features an important element in Macon’s historic architectural inventory. At the same time, the annual calendar provides Historic Macon with another source of income.

Please note that Historic Macon will begin taking orders for calendars in early October for midmid-November delivery.

The Education Committee’s second project is much more involved and is progressing along a much longer time-line. The Committee, by and through a subcommittee of experts, is working on a publication which will feature all of the important architectural styles present in Macon’s historic neighborhoods. We intend to publish a soft-cover book featuring pen-andink drawings of the featured styles, along with architectural elements accompanying these styles, for under $20.00. Our goal is to produce a publication which will serve as an educational resource of Macon’s historic architecture as well as a guide for a driving tour through Macon’s historic districts.

As always, the members of the Education Committee are over-worked and under-paid. We would certainly love to have more members join this Committee and help us with these and other exciting projects. We will still be under-paid, but we may not be so over-worked!

TAX CREDITS SAVE MONEY

By Nathan Bevil One of our latest tax credit projects is 503 Fifth Street, located downtown in the Macon Railroad Industrial Historic District. The building has been used previously as a warehouse, craft factory, radio station, and as an all-ages meeting space. Now, owner Bryan Nichols is using federal and state rehabilitation tax credits to convert the third story into several large apartments, providing more housing for downtown residents. State and federal tax credit programs will refund 45% of Mr. Nichols’ expenses. His property taxes will be frozen for eight and a half years, saving tens-of-thousands of dollars in total.

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STRATEGIC PLAN: NEW VISION, MISSION

By Josh Rogers As many of you know, saving a historic building takes lots of small steps and attention to detail. Running a preservation non-profit is very similar. Our success in both endeavors must follow a good plan. Historic Macon is completing a twoyear strategic plan that will plot the steps to great success in revitalizing our community and saving the places that matter.

Staff from the National Trust for Historic Preservation led Phase II of Historic Macon’s strategic planning retreat on August 16 and 17, 2009. The Board of Trustees convened at the Sidney Lanier Cottage to reflect on the surveys completed by our members two years ago. Those surveys indicated consensus around two goals for the organization: 1) advocate for community development issues and 2) save historic buildings and neighborhoods. The surveys were also remarkably clear in their critiques: members would like to be better informed and more often engaged. We expect a report from the National Trust in September that will provide a plan to leverage our strengths in advocacy and preservation and overcome our weaknesses. To that end, the Trustees have already proposed a new vision, mission and tagline: Vision: To serve as the premier historic preservation organization in Middle Georgia.

Mission: To advocate for the preservation of Macon’s historic and architectural heritage, to facilitate the preservation efforts of the private and public sectors, and to educate and inspire our community to appreciate our unique, beautiful city.

Tagline: Imagine – tomorrow’s lifestyle in yesterday’s grandeur.

As soon as we receive the report, we will host a working session at the Cottage for all members and stakeholders to receive your comments and suggestions about the plan.

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SIDNEY’S FLUTE SINGS NEW SONG

By Marty Willett Sidney Lanier’s musical legacy came alive along with his flute and his musical genius confirmed and celebrated this summer with a visit to the Cottage from Peter H. Bloom, acclaimed concert flutist and flute historian from Boston, Massachusetts along with his wife, Becky DeLamotte, who is originally from Augusta and who manages his many musical ensembles through her company Americas Musicworks. Peter has performed Sidney Lanier’s music on historical flutes by Alfred Badger and has lectured and written extensively on Badger, including a recent performance for the New York Flute Club, where he featured several of Lanier’s pieces. His quest was to see our rare alto Badger flute at the Cottage.

Peter’s quest and visit, which lasted several “extremely rewarding” hours, highlights why the Cottage became a Landmark of American Music in 1976. Peter proudly validated that Sidney Lanier was an extraordinary flutist, a significant American composer, and a true musical original. Peter and Becky were impressed with Historic Macon’s “generosity, hospitality, enthusiasm, and vast knowledge” in preserving and sharing Lanier’s legacy.

Peter further confirmed that our alto flute is the instrument that famed flute maker, Alfred Badger of New York, made and loaned to Lanier in 1873. This is the same “bass” flute Lanier mentions in his letters that year. Lanier was also working with Badger to design a “long” flute, though it was never successfully completed. Peter feels that our Badger alto flute may be the only surviving 19th century alto flute made in America. It is truly a rare American musical instrument!

Peter has already been able to fill in a lot more details to our already established “illustrious provenance” concerning the flute’s later upgrades and ownerships on its path to the Cottage. He was impressed with the flute and recommends that we retain a professional conservator to clean, oil, and adjust this precious musical instrument, while carefully preserving and documenting details of construction, as well as historical repairs and alterations. Though Peter cautioned that the instrument is not in playing condition, he did treat us to a few beautiful notes on our esteemed flute – a truly magic moment!

Peter will be preparing, when his busy schedule permits, a well documented report that will assist us in our evaluation, documentation, interpretation, and conservation of this most important artifact in the Cottage collection. Furthermore, we hope Peter will perform for us one day here in Macon to continue our celebration of Lanier’s musical heritage. So stay tuned for more magic about our flute and please enjoy his distinguished career at http://phbloom.home.comcast.net/ ~phbloom/nm/bio.html !

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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PRESERVATIONIST

By John Ervin, M.D. Anyone that has lovingly grumbled about the cost of fixing, saving, repairing or restoring a personal treasure, be it a car, a building, a piece of furniture or simply a vinyl record, understands what it means to be a preservationist. Even if you have not labeled yourself as a preservationist, someone else that has witnessed your care for jewels from the past has referred to you or at least thought of you as a preservationist.

One can apply many different definitions to the title “preservationist� and I believe that no single definition covers the wide array of activities, interests and goals of a preservationist. Some would identify the preservationist as someone who maintains physical items that can remind us of past actions, labors and achievements. Some would identify the preservationist as someone who records the history of prior events so that we might learn from earlier successes and failures and better understand the context in which these events took place. Others would identify the preservationist as someone who lives in such a way as to carry and pass on the character and skills of earlier generations. I would suggest that all of these statements are accurate and appropriate in defining the role of the preservationist and that a respectful regard for the toils, joys and passions of our predecessors lies at the heart of all these descriptors.

In the context of neighborhood preservation and architectural preservation, I feel that there are three underlying motivators that drive us to expend our resources to the betterment of our dwellings, offices and communities. First, we devote resources to maintenance and improvements that enhance our investments. Second, we devote resources to projects that improve our quality of life. Third, we devote resources to projects that we believe will improve the quality of life of those around us and those who will come after us. When it comes to living and working in historic neighborhoods, it is the third that provides the greatest motivation to the preservationist.

The preservationist does not live in an old home just because it offers the greatest return on investment or because it offers the shortest commute to work. The preservationist does so because of a belief that by nurturing these structures and neighborhoods, one can enjoy the beauty of good design and solid construction, safeguard an architectural gem and leave it in a state that may be more easily enjoyed by others.

The preservationist will often perform maintenance and make upgrades to a home not because it will offer the greatest profit but because that is the way it ought to be done. It is with great admiration that I salute preservationists far and wide who acknowledge the past by showcasing its treasures in the present and ushering these treasures into the future simply because that is what ought to be done.

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Calendar of Events Series Anya Silver: Saints of Autumn. Anya Silver has Tuesday, 8 September, Sidney Salon, Autumn Cornucopia Series: published a chapbook of poetry entitled Saints of Autumn, and her work has been published in journals, including Image, Witness, Prarie Schooner, and the New Ohio Review. Sidney’s Salons are held at the Sidney Lanier Cottage, at 935 High Street. Refreshments begin at 5:30 and the performance at 6. Event is free to Historic Macon Members.

Cottage Bring in your family treasures for a Friday & Saturday, 25 & 26 September, Discovery Days at Sidney Lanier Cottage: verbal appraisal by Roderick A. Hardy, president of the Atlanta-based firm Hardy/Halpern, Inc, Appraisers of Personal Property. Also at Discovery Days will be the Golden Girls, who will purchase any unwanted gold jewelry, with 15% of the profits to benefit Historic Macon.

Market Historic Macon Foundation’s annual flea market has moved from it’s Saturday, 10 October, The Annual Flea Market: location at the Long Building to the Rose’s Shopping Center on Shurling Drive, next to the Police Substation.

Donations, especially of toys and holiday decorations, and just about everything except clothing are welcome either on the back porch of the Sidney Lanier Cottage or at the Flea Market Site, between 9 and 12 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Party On Friday, enjoy a members-only preview party, with refreshments and a Friday, 9 October, Flea Market Preview Party: chance to preview our merchandise and get your first purchases. Also, we will be holding a silent auction of large ticket items, including a car and a pontoon boat. Cost: $25.

Series Elaine Morgan Johnson, the songstress and regular Tuesday, 13 October, Sidney Salon, Autumn Cornucopia Series: performer for Theater Macon will share a relaxing evening with song as a part of our Sidney’s Salons series. Elaine is well known for her performances as Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” at Macon State College and as Rose in August Wilson’s “Fences.” Refreshments are served at 5:30 and performance begins at 6.

Event Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, will be at Sunday, 15 November, Sidney Salon Autumn Cornucopia Special Event: the Douglass Theater in a special Sunday Salon. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Mrs. Stockett has written a novel that explores the relationships between the races in the 1960s South. This special event begins at 3 pm at the Douglas Theater at 355 MLK Jr. Blvd. Members are $10, $15 for non-members.

Party Chuck and Roselane Leavell have invited Historic Macon and its members to a Friday, 30 October, Leavells Party: special event at their plantation, Charlane. Proceeds from the event will go into funding for Historic Macon’s “Green Revolution Field Day: Preservation IS Conservation.” Tickets are $250 per person. Contact Historic Macon or come by the Cottage to get tickets.

SAVE THE DATE April 17, 2010: Historic Macon Presents the First Annual Green Revolution Field Day: Preservation IS Conservation Celebrate the connections between green living and historic preservation. Contact Janis Haley or Nathan Bevil at 7425084 for more information on vendors, special opportunities, and general information.

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MACONITES TELL THEIR STORIES

By Diana Williams Nothing brings the past to life like hearing it from the people who experienced it. Macon’s rich, colorful history lives on in many. One goal of Historic Macon Foundation’s Education/PR committee is to document the memoirs of our friends and neighbors who have long Macon backgrounds. How is this achieved? Through Historic Macon’s Oral History Project. When the project was begun, all of the accounts were recorded on audio tape. And now we also have the distinct pleasure of watching the interviews with the advent of video and DVD. Always informative and entertaining, some recent recordings include Josephine Happ Willingham’s stories of growing up on Vineville Avenue, anecdotes of early Hines Terrace adventures recounted by Robert A. Bowen, Jr., and recollections of the bustling downtown Macon retail trade as told by Walter Dannenburg. Many others have shared their memories as well and each one is treasured. The tapes and DVDs are an important component of Historic Macon Foundation’s archives and perhaps one day they will make their way into our homes by way of radio, TV or the internet. In the meantime, there are many histories yet to be collected. We are looking for individuals willing to share their personal stories and thoughts of Macon ‘way back when’: the families and the neighborhoods, the schools and the business, the architecture and the roads. Volunteers who can serve as interviewers and video technicians are also needed and most welcome. Even if you just want to suggest someone whose history we should be sure to capture, we’d love to hear from you. Just give me a call at 741-3801.

Volunteer Opportunities Historic Macon Foundation Needs Volunteers • Contact 478-742-5084 for Details Flea Market

Cottage

Spirits of October

Committee Work: Education, Membership, Cottage, Properties

THE ATLANTIC COTTON MILLS

By Nathan Bevil (Continued from Front Cover) As of mid-August, testing groundwells and other procedures required by the Georgia Department of Environmental Protection have been completed.

The Mill project is designed to develop new housing in Macon, by redeveloping the mill site and converting the masonry structure into new housing. Using the $1.5 million low-interest loan from the HUD grant, along with a traditional mortgage and rehabilitation tax credits, the project would also develop a long-neglected part of Macon’s history. The redevelopment of Atlantic Cotton Mills would provide impetus to the redevelopment of Macon’s historic mills and factories, as well as contribute a significant increase in tax revenues to the city: the property currently garners $3,000 per annum in taxes, whereas the redeveloped Atlantic Cotton Mill would generate over $200,000 a year. Please keep this project as a priority of your elected representatives!

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Honorariums & Memorials MEMORIALS

Shirley Bulter

Joe & Evelyn Adams

Delma Findley Watson

Kathy & Roy Griffis, Jr. and Katie Griffis Dr. & Mrs. John O’Shaughnessey Tom B. Wight Bevery K. Olson Sara Beth Hertwig

Joe and Evelyn Adams

Sid Raley

Howard Knight

Sally Murphey Heard

Joe and Evelyn Adams

Dr. George Michael Schoffner

William F. (Dobie) Nathaniel

Joe and Evelyn Adams Betty Sweet Ladson

Joan G. Russell

Lloyd Clay

Sally Murphey Heard Joyce Nelson

Frances Barnes Grant Kathryn Gaines

Gloria McAfee Wynn

The Georgia Forestry Commission, Statesboro District Office

John C. Dennis, Jr.

Betty Sweet Ladson Dr. Jasper T. Hogan, Jr.

Tom and Mary Anne Richardson

Mrs. Margaret O. Rader

Tom & Mary Anne Richardson Mary Bland MacGregor

Betty Sweet Ladson Harriet McKay Hazelhurst

Betty Sweet Ladson Laura Nelle Anderson O’Callaghan

HONORARIUMS Kathleen Melikian

Sally Murphey Heard Janis I. Haley

Sally Murphey Heard

Mrs. William P. Simmons

Martha Birdsey Napier

Edyth and Cubbage Snow

Rosalind Napier Fuller Tommy R. Pilcher

Gloria McAfee Wynn Keith and Del Ward Leslie

Josephine Banks McKay Sheftall

Mary J. Scott Leila Burke Homes

Anne Charles Atkinson

Sally Murphey Heard

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Many Thanks Level IV Business Sponsor The Eye Center of Central Georgia The Medical Center of Central Georgia Level III Business Sponsor Broadway Lofts & Katherine Courts Level II Business Sponsor Open MRI of Macon Conditioned Air, Inc. Level I Business Sponsor Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Clifton, Lipford, Hardison & Parker Macon Mall Historic Macon Club Col. & Mrs. Donald Bivings Ms. Victoria Hertwig Col. & Mrs. Arthur Howard Mr. Tom B. Wight

A Special Thanks $3,000 grant from the Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc. $500 from Macon Arts Alliance on behalf of the City of Macon Purchase of Arts Services Grant program.

TO OUR MOST GENEROUS MEMBERS

Sustaining & Supporting Mr. & Mrs. Joe Adams Mr. Richard Bates Mr. & Mrs. John B. Bowdre Mr. Jo Fabian Mr. & Mrs. Luke Harringon Hon. Jim Marshall & Ms. Camille Hope Mrs. & Mrs. Bertram Maxwell, III Mr. & Mrs Edmund Olson Mr. Carey O. Pickard, III Mr. Stephen A. Reichert Benefactor Mr. & Mrs. Walter Austin Mr. & Mrs. Kent Baldschun Dr. & Mrs. Ben Banshinski Dr. & Mrs. Peter Brown Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr. Mr. James Caldwell Dr. & Mrs. Michael M. Cass Dr. & Mrs. James Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Don Cornett Mr. Stewart O. Cunningham, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Danner, Jr. Mr. Adam Delong Mr. Spyros Dermitas Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Cox Dunwoody, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. John Fox

Mr. Paul Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Richard Guerreiro Dr. & Mrs. Ken Harper Dr. & Mrs. A. Kenneth Harper Mr. & Mrs. Burke Harris Ms. Sara Beth Hertwig Ms. Judy Hodgens Dr. & Mrs. E. W. Holloway, Jr. Ms. Frozine B. Huff Mr. & Mrs. Samuel P. Jones Mrs. Elanor Lane Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. James R. Macklin Mr. & Mrs. Harold D. McSwain, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Tom Olmer Mr. & Mrs. James Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rader Dr. & Mrs. Joe Sam Robinson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Seguin Mrs. Phil J. Sheridan Dr. & Mrs. O. Southern Sims Mr. & Mrs. Cubbedge Snow, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William G. Solomon, IV Mr. & Mrs. Gene B. Strouss Mr. & Mrs. Zan Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Marc Treadwell Mrs. A.H.S. Weaver The Doctors Wright

LEAVELLS HOST HMF FUNDRAISER Chuck and Roselane Leavell have invited the Historic Macon Foundation and its members to a special event at their plantation, Charlane. The event will highlight how conservation and historic preservation are part of the overall green movement.

The Leavells have long been supporters of the natural conservation movement. The c. 1870 Charlane plantation house was restored using local, sustainable materials and construction methods that lessened the impact of the rehabilitation on the environment. Chuck Leavell has also written several books on the conservation movement, including his most recent work, Smart, Strong, Sustainable.

The money raised from the Leavells’ party will go towards funding Historic Macon’s Green Field Day: Preservation IS Conservation. The event will take place on April 17, 2010 at Tatnall Square Park. Featuring a number of vendors and businesses dedicated to green living, the Green Field Day will promote historic preservation as one of the best ways to conserve energy and resources.

Tickets to the Leavell’s party are $250. The party will begin at 6 and end at 8 on Friday, October 30th. For tickets, or for more information on either the party or the Green Field Day, please contact Janis Haley or Nathan Bevil at 478-742-5084, or stop by the Sidney Lanier Cottage. You can also go online at www.historicmacon.org and click on the link to purchase tickets.

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