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Macon, Georgia Built: 1924 Architectural Style: Neoclassical Revival Currently Bibb County’s fourth courthouse, the first structure was built in 1825 and consisted of one room. The second was a brick building constructed in 1828. In 1870, the third courthouse consisted of a three story structure with clock tower. The current courthouse was completed in 1924, and remodeled in 1940. County History: Bibb County, located on the fall line where the southern Piedmont meets the Coastal Plain, was created on December 9, 1822, one year after the Creek Indians ceded the last of their land in the area. The state’s 55th county was formed out of portions of Houston, Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties and named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb, a Georgia politician and the first elected governor of Alabama. County Seat: Macon – Named for Nathaniel Macon, the former U.S. Speaker of the House and U.S. Senator from North Carolina was created and designated the county seat of Bibb County on December 23, 1822, and incorporated on December 8, 1823. This area was nearly as undeveloped as Hernando de Soto found it in 1540, but incorporation brought many new families that became area farmers. Ten years later the city boasted more than 3,000 “industrious and enterprising” inhabitants who had come to the area from New England, New York, and North Carolina. Photo courtesy of Ed Jackson, Carl Vinson Institute of Georgia, University of Georgia. |
