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LOCAL BUZZ New Fading Five announced SINCE 2015, Historic Macon Foundation has worked to save historic properties by naming them to its Fading Five list. By creating a strategic preservation plan for each of the properties, nine of them have been saved and protected, while just one Fading Five property has been lost. "Our Fading Five initiative is one way that Historic Macon shows its commitment to preservation in Macon," said Ethiel Garlington, HMF's executive director. "In saving these buildings, we're also able to share the stories and history behind them and build partnerships across the community." is year's Fading Five includes a theater, historic homes and even a coaling tower. ROXY THEATRE, 445 HAZEL ST. Opening in 1949, the Roxy eatre was a hub of community activity in what was known as the Tybee neighborhood. It was a movie house and venue for live performances, including some by a young Otis Redding. e theater closed about 10 years later and faces further decline due to neglect, vandalism and unsympathetic redevelopment. Historic Macon hopes to develop a long- term use for this iconic property. CODDINGTON HOUSE, 2510 VINEVILLE AVE. Architect Neel Reid designed eight houses in this home's Vineville neighborhood, four of which are in the three blocks from the intersection with Pierce Avenue to Buckingham Place. is part of Vineville is the most intact segment of the original Vineville suburb and is in danger of losing several homes. If attention is brought soon to these three blocks, Historic Macon believes that it can preserve much of the critical fabric of the historic Vineville neighborhood. DEWITT MCCRARY HOUSE, 320 HYDROLIA ST. Built in the 1870s and added to the Fading Five list in 2019, this is a beautiful CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: CODDINGTON HOUSE, ROXY THEATRE, DEWITT MCCRARY HOUSE. NEXT PAGE, FROM TOP: COALING TOWER, BOBBY JONES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. 26 maconmagazine.com | OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020