Thank you everyone for the replies!
It looks like it could be a street marker, but it has that metal thing on the back? I thought it could be a call box (police/fire department), but I didn't see a wire. It's about 2 1/2 - 3 feet tall and located at a street corner. Could the metal piece be a sign holder (street sign?)? It was only on one side. I was in Macon two years ago, but never had the chance to look at any houses there. The Downtown was very impressive though. That would lead me to believe the neighborhoods would also be equally impressive. I still remember the classical styled performance theatre.
The older French Eclectic houses, like what you see in this thread are built to last! Thick brick or stone walls, they could double as fallout shelters. :lol: That's one thing that stood-out the most to me. These older houses are very solid and require a level of craftsmanship rarely found today. The roofing materials on these old houses are designed to last 100+ years! Compare that to today's houses. The newer houses aren't built as well and are very pre-fab. The older houses feature a lot of hand made work and a high level of skill from the workers building them. When an older house is brick, it's usually brick on all four sides also, with lots of decorative features. On today's houses, builders cut corners to save money and that's one of the ways they save money. You should see the framing in these old houses! The boards are bigger and the frames are better braced. Again, these are solid! If you're thinking about buying a home, look at some of the older houses in your city first. They are better!
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