HEY MEMBERS: JOIN US WHERE DUANE ALLMAN LIVED
This could be the coolest place we’ve ever held a membership social.
Angie and Ed Hubbard have renovated a house they own at 1125 Bond St., and it’s a veritable Allman Brothers Band shrine. It’s a short-term vacation rental (southernrockmansion.com), but we’re having our fall membership gathering there from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 so that our current — and new — members can see it. It will knock your socks off!
The house is on our music registry, and a plaque on the front of the house tells you that guitarist Duane Allman and his young family lived in the upstairs apartment before moving to the Big House on Vineville Avenue.
Inside, you’ll find a jaw-dropping, multifloor mural by Kevin “Scene” Lewis that sweeps along the stairway up to the second floor. (By the way, Lewis is scheduled to attend the event to discuss his work.)
As an added incentive, one lucky member who attends will win a two-night stay at the house.
This is a members-only drop-in, so RSVP HERE to help us plan. Please bring a friend to join our preservation family and learn about Historic Macon’s activities.
SAVE THE DATE: OUR FALL FLEA MARKET IS OCT. 3-5
We’ve been working for months to make our fall Flea Market the best sale ever.
Save the dates and tell your friends: Our fall sale runs Oct. 3-5. That Friday, from 5-8 p.m., will be a ticketed Preview Party, which will get you into the sale before the general public. We'll have food and libations for you too. Reserve those tickets HERE.
The sale is open to the public — free to enter — from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. And remember: Our members get 15 percent off their purchases. Join today.
The Flea Market is our biggest fund-raiser of the year. Please help us spread the word.
OUR NEXT SIDNEY’S SALON IS SEPT. 25
Our Sidney’s Salon series is drawing big audiences, with lectures on a variety of topics sure to educate and entertain you.
“Kugels & Collards,” the subject of our upcoming Sidney’s Salon on Sept. 25, is not your average cookbook. It is a collection of essays and family recipes from 69 contributors — Jewish and non-Jewish, white and Black, women and men— whose culinary memories are firmly rooted in the Palmetto State.
“Kugels & Collards” was born out of an interest in the merging of Southern and Jewish elements in foodways in Jewish South Carolina. Where people go, so goes their food. In “Kugels & Collards, Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey explore the food history, traditions, and memories of Jews in South Carolina, building on their blog of the same title.
“Kugels & Collards is also a story of cultural assimilation and exchange and considers how local ingredients and techniques have become part of the South Carolina Jewish table, including the influence of the generations of Black women who cooked for Jewish families.
We will gather at the Fire Hall Sept. 25 for this event. We’ll serve light refreshments at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 6. As always, our Salons are free and open to the public, but we ask that you register beforehand to help us plan. You can learn more and register HERE.
SEVERAL ROSE HILL TOURS COMING UP IN OCTOBER
Fall is prime season for checking out all the history that Rose Hill Cemetery offers, and we’ll be there three times in the coming weeks.
During the weekend of Sept. 27-28, coinciding with GABBAFest 2025, we’ll have two walking tours of sites made famous by members of the Allman Brothers Band.
The first tour will be Saturday, Sept. 27, starting at 10 a.m., and the second will be Sunday, Sept. 28, also starting at 10. Local historians and tour guides Kathleen O'Neal and Liz Riley will lead the walks, which will take about 90 minutes.
Tickets are required. They’re $20 each, and you can reserve them HERE. (Historic Macon members get a discount on tickets. See below.)
Then on Saturday, Oct. 18, starting at 10 a.m., we’ll have our fall Rose Hill Ramble, which O’Neal will lead.
Gather your friends, family and fellow history enthusiasts and join us as we explore Macon's favorite cemetery.
Tickets are also required for the Ramble. You can get them HERE.
For each tour, check-in begins at the front gate, 1071 Riverside Drive, at 9:30 a.m. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the tour begins.
HMF members receive special discounts for our cemetery tours. Email membership@historicmacon.org to get your discount code.
WE’RE HIRING A DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS
The Director of Finance & Operations oversees all aspects of financial management, including accounts receivable and payable, proper bookkeeping, account reconciliations and reporting for Historic Macon Foundation Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and its subsidiary entities.
In addition, this role provides support to the executive director in the areas of human resources, insurance, risk management, internal controls, budget tracking and forecasting, and fundraising.
For more details, see the full job posting by clicking the button “We’re Hiring” below.
Our mission is to revitalize communities by preserving architecture and sharing history.
One of the benefits of your property residing in a National Register Historic District is preservation incentives. Historic tax credits allow citizens to undertake rehabilitation projects at a reasonable cost and Historic Macon is here to walk you through that process.
A key part of Historic Macon's mission is education. We tell the stories of people who make a difference in our preservation community, as well as those pioneering visionaries whose shoulders we stand on today. Read more about them HERE.