Joseph and Mary Jane League House

The Joseph and Mary Jane League House, also known as the League House, is located in Macon, Georgia. It is significant for its architecture and for its association with two of the first female architects in Georgia: Ellamae Ellis League and her daughter Jean League Newton. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2009[1][3]

League, Joseph and Mary Jane, House
Location1849 Waverland Drive, Macon, Georgia
Coordinates32.873272°N 83.631837°W / 32.873272; -83.631837 (1849 Waverland Drive, Macon, Georgia)
Areaapprox. 0.5 acres[1]
Built1950[1]
ArchitectNewton, Jean League
Part ofShirley Hills Historic District[2] (ID14000269)
NRHP reference No.08001280[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 2009[3]
Designated CPMay 27, 2014

It was featured in a July 1953 article in the magazine Progressive Architecture.[4] It was also included in the 1954 book Quality Budget Houses.[5] It was listed as a featured property of the week in a program of the National Park Service that began in July 2008.[3][6] It is also a contributing property within the Shirley Hills Historic District.[2]

See also

References
  1. Cloues, Richard (November 14, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: League House" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) ( 57 pages, including 26 photos)
  2. Speno, Lynn (April 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shirley Hills Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 2. Retrieved April 12, 2017. Includes 60 photos from January 2013.
  3. "Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places, January 16, 2009". New listings. National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  4. "House: Macon, Georgia - League, Warren & Riley, Architects" (PDF). Progressive Architecture. July 1953. pp. 102–104. ISSN 0033-0752. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2017 – via US Modernist. (Includes 7 photos and a floorplan)
  5. Ford, Katherine Morrow; Creighton, Thomas Hawk (1954). Quality Budget Houses: A Treasury of 100 Architect-Designed Houses from $5,000 to $20,000. New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp. pp. 44-45. OCLC 758217220. Retrieved April 23, 2017 – via Internet Archive. (Includes 3 photos and a floorplan)
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