Elam Alexander: Enduring Architecture in Macon, Georgia

Elam Alexander was a well-known early citizen of Macon, Georgia. He gained prominence as a patron of local rail lines, the endower of the city’s first school system, and as an architect and builder. This work analyzes his story as well as the buildings attributed to him in an effort to refine his canon of works despite an absence of primary source information. His work shows a clear influence of pattern books and gradual refinement of a distinct Greek Revival style, typical of other inland and fall line towns in Georgia at the time.