Macon Avenue 2

Proceed up Macon Avenue’s South side until the intersection of Macon and Glendale. Along the way:

• The large median in Macon Avenue is one of the 22 landscaped islands throughout the Grove Park Sunset Mountain Neighborhood that are maintained by our neighborhood association. The gentle curve of this attractive feature conforms to the shape and contours of Macon Avenue.

• 41 Macon: One of the most admired homes on this section of Macon, the Ralph Worthington House was built at a cost of $34,000 in 1920. Notice the home’s symmetry with the rounded arched entryway. The home also was designed, as many others were on Macon, to conform to the existing contours of the land instead of today’s common practice of changing the land to accommodate the house. With its presence on the street and combination of colonial and Spanish revival architectural styles, the home remains very handsome today.

• 54 Macon: Lewis and Company was one of the many businesses during the early 20th century that sold both plans and complete “kits” for homes with all that you needed to build your home yourself with the help of cooperative family, friends and/or professionals. 54 Macon is one of those “kit” homes from Lewis and Company’s 1922 catalog. Thanks to volume and distribution reach, buyers could pick-up their future home at the local train station and add their own distinctive touches as desired. This charming home has characteristics of both the Arts and Crafts and Colonial Revival style.

• 63 Macon: An Arts and Crafts gem, this home was built for G.H. Morris of the Westall Lumber Company using dark brick and elements of the Prairie style popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright. A meticulous, multi-year renovation began when the current owners purchased the home in 2013. Great care was taken to preserve the period details and footprint of the house while adding a large “outdoor room” in 2016.