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===Points of interest=== [[File:Fort Hawkins Macon, Georgia.jpg|thumb|[[Fort Benjamin Hawkins]]]] ====Historical sites==== * [[Terminal Station (Macon, Georgia)|Terminal Station]], a railroad station built in 1916,<ref name="railga.com"/> is located on 5th St. at the end of Cherry St. Its architect was [[Alfred Fellheimer]], prominent for his 1903 design of [[Grand Central Terminal]] in [[New York City]]. * [[Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park]] is located near downtown Macon. It preserves some of Georgia's largest ancient [[Earthworks (archaeology)|earthwork mounds]] built by the [[Mississippian culture]] a millennium ago, c. 950β1150. It was sacred to the historic [[Muscogee (Creek)|Muscogee]] (Creek Nation) as well. Archeological artifacts reveal 13,000 years of human habitation at the site.<ref name="georgiaencyclopedia1"/> The park features a spiral mound, funeral mound, temple mounds, burial mounds, and a reconstructed [[earth house|earth lodge]]. It is the first [[Traditional Cultural Property]] designated by the [[National Park Service]] east of the Mississippi River. * [[Fort Benjamin Hawkins]], a major military outpost (1806β1821), was a command headquarters for the U.S. Army and Georgia militia on the boundary between U.S.-held and Native land, as well as a trading post or factory for the [[Creek Nation]]. It was a supply depot during U.S. campaigns of the [[War of 1812]] and the Creek and [[Seminole Wars]]. * [[Cannonball House (Macon, Georgia)|Cannonball House]], a historic home on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cannonballhouse.org/ |title="Cannonball House" Website |publisher=Cannonballhouse.org |date=February 6, 2012 |access-date=2012-05-30}}</ref> * [[Luther Williams Field]] * [[Old City Cemetery (Macon, Georgia)|Old City Cemetery]], one of Macon's oldest [[cemetery|cemeteries]] * [[Rose Hill Cemetery (Georgia)|Rose Hill Cemetery]], a cemetery listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] * [[Sidney Lanier]] Cottage, the poet's historic home.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicmacon.org/slc.html |title=coming soon...Historic Macon Foundation |access-date=2017-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828014744/http://www.historicmacon.org/slc.html |archive-date=August 28, 2004 }}</ref> * [[Temple Beth Israel (Macon, Georgia)|Temple Beth Israel]], a domed [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] built in 1902 to house Macon's [[Judaism|Jewish]] congregation, founded in 1859.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.ga011.urj.net/hxtbi.html |title=History of Temple Beth Israel |access-date=2017-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206203949/http://www.ga011.urj.net/hxtbi.html |archive-date=February 6, 2005 }}</ref> * [[Wesleyan College]], the first chartered women's college in the world ====Museums==== * [[The Allman Brothers Band Museum]] - the "Big House" used by the Allman Brothers Band in the early 1970s, now a museum of Allman Brothers history and artifacts * The Georgia Children's Museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiachildrensmuseum.com/ |title=Georgia Children's Museum in Macon, GA |publisher=Georgiachildrensmuseum.com |access-date=2012-02-29 |archive-date=February 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224125441/http://www.georgiachildrensmuseum.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> - interactive education, located in the downtown Museum District * [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] * The Little Richard House and Museum - a museum of Little Richard's history and artifacts * [[Museum of Arts and Sciences (Macon)|Museum of Arts and Sciences]] and Planetarium * [[Tubman Museum]] of African American Art, History, and Culture - the largest African American museum in the Southeast ====Community==== * [[City Hall (Macon, Georgia)|City Hall]], Georgia's capital for part of the Civil War [[File:Macon Auditorium.JPG|thumb|right|[[Macon City Auditorium]] - featuring the world's largest true copper dome]] * [[Douglass Theatre]], named for its founder Charles Henry Douglass. An entrepreneur from a prominent black family, he was an established theatre developer well versed in the vaudeville and entertainment business. The theatre has undergone modern renovations and hosts numerous theatrical events. * The [[Grand Opera House (Macon, Georgia)|Grand Opera House]], where the Macon Symphony Orchestra performs * [[Johnston-Felton-Hay House|Hay House]] - also known as the "Johnston-Felton-Hay House," it has been referred to as the "Palace of the South"<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Hay House|url=http://www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites/hayhouse/history.php|publisher=The Georgia Trust|access-date=July 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716095413/http://www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites/hayhouse/history.php|archive-date=July 16, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * [[Macon City Auditorium|City Auditorium]], the world's largest true copper dome<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rutlandguttersupply.com/blog/2010/09/08/RoofDomes.aspx |title=Rutland Architectural Blog - Roof Domes |publisher=Rutlandguttersupply.com |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913050514/http://www.rutlandguttersupply.com/blog/2010/09/08/RoofDomes.aspx |archive-date=September 13, 2010 }}</ref> * [[Macon Coliseum]] * Macon Little Theatre, established in 1934, is the area's oldest community theatre, producing seven plays/musicals per season * [[Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens]] * Theatre Macon, in the old Ritz Theatre; they perform around nine shows a year
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