Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 72000365 Phone +1 478-743-3851 | Built 1840, 1880 Opened 1840 Added to NRHP 31 January 1972 | |
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Address 935 High St, Macon, GA 31201, USA Similar Cannonball House, Johnston‑Felton‑Hay House, Tubman Museum, Fort Benjamin Hawkins, Rose Hill Cemetery | ||
Sidney lanier cottage
The Sidney Lanier Cottage is a historic cottage on High Street in Macon, Georgia that was the birthplace of poet Sidney Lanier. It was built in 1840 and was renovated to its present Gothic Revival style in 1880.
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- Sidney lanier cottage
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- History
- Museum today
- References
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Historic sidney lanier cottage house in macon the venue for greentec homes launch 12 19 12
History
Sidney Lanier was born in the High Street home of his grandfather in 1842. Lanier is best known for his regional poems, including "The Marshes of Glynn," "The Song of the Chattahoochee," and "Sunrise". Lanier's parents, SterlingRobert Sampson Lanioer and Mary Jane Anderson Lanier were living in nearby Griffin, Georgia, but Mary Jane went to the home of her in-laws to give birth to her first child.
The white frame Victorian home was built in 1840 as a four-room cottage, though it was altered extensively over the years. In 1879, the building was moved fifty feet and the family added two rooms to the second floor as well as a porch.
Museum today
The home served as a private residence for many years before its purchase by the Middle Georgia Historical Society in 1973. Now part of a Macon historic district, the Sidney Lanier Cottage includes various artifacts representing the author's life and work, including the silver alto flute he used with Baltimore's Peabody Symphony and first editions of his books. The museum is operated by the Historic Macon Foundation.