CAPRICORN

The four buildings that comprise Mercer Music at Capricorn are excellent examples of two-block commercial buildings that retain a high degree of exterior integrity in their detail. Moving from north to south, the buildings are all built of painted masonry and are referred to as 530, which has one bay; 536, which has two bays; 540, which has one bay; and 548, which has two bays. The 540 and 548 buildings are the oldest, built in 1880. They appear on Macon's earliest Sanborn fire insurance maps, which list these structures as a jewelry store and the offices of the Southern Express Company, respectively. Sanborn maps indicate this entire parcel was filled with masonry structures in 1884. However, the building in the location of 530 shows up in the 1887 birdseye view of Macon with a cupola, which the current building shows no evidence of. The 1889 Sanborn map shows 530 completed without a cupola, with a fish market on the first floor and a cigar factory on the second floor. Although a..

Also known as: Capricorn Museum

Primary location: Macon United States