Information & history on rear of piece:
Is the most elaborate,  surviving antebellum mansion in Macon.   It was originally the home of William B.Johnston,  a wealthy Georgia businessman,  who built it shortly after he and his bride returned home from a honeymoon in Italy.   It was completed just in time for the War Between the States,  and during the siege of Macon in July,  1864 it narrowly escaped being destroyed by Union artillery.   Mr. and Mrs. Park Lee Hay purchased the house in 1925 and filled it with art treasures that they had collected ove the years.   The Johnston-Hay House is open for public tours.

Information & history on rear of piece:
Is a fine example of the Colonial Revival period.   It features as Adamesque shell,  festoon and ribbonwork which evoke the Federalist Greek Revival era of Architecture
Located in Atlanta,  Georgia,  the Shellmont operates today as a bed and breakfast inn.   The owners meticulously restored the gracious inn by hand,  choosing their own color scheme based upon the Tiffany stained-glass window found in the stairway.

Information & history on rear of piece:
Bearing the name of its first owner,  the James Sedge House was built in 1860 just before the Civil War.   Mr. Sledge served as an editor of a political newspaper during the Civil War and became bankrupt after the battle of Appomattox.   Foreclosure on the home transferred its ownership to Ferdinand Phinizy,  a wealthy merchant and money lender.
This house is an example of the Gothic Revival style of Victorian architecture,  most notably due to its three steep-pitched gables that dominate the facade.   The cast-iron porch work is more likely a result of regional influences and is thought to have been produced locally.