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98 maconmagazine.com | DECEMBER/JANUARY 2023 achievement and intellectual engagement by being a founding member of the Colored Medical Association and the National Medical Association, and a prayerful member of Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church. He was also a prolific mentor, notable for tutoring Henry Rutherford Butler, who established himself in Atlanta as the first Black person to receive a pharmacy license in Georgia. Green is buried in Pleasant Hill's history-rich Linwood Cemetery. Historic Macon Foundation Director Ethiel Garlington said he is personally excited about uplifting the legacy of the Green House. "We've only seen it from the outside and are eager to preserve it because of the amazing accomplishments of the man who lived there," he said. Though the foundation has not been able to contact the current property owner, an LLC in the Atlanta area, Garlington said they are still hopeful that they "can find a way to support its maintenance and upkeep in the long term, and it will become something that serves a need in the community." The Bobby Jones Performing Arts Center at Jefferson and Monroe Streets is the name given in 1992 to the building previously known as the First Congregational Church to honor the passing of Dr. Bobby Jones. Jones was a graduate of Atlanta's HBCU Morehouse College with a doctorate in education from Columbia University. He was the first Black principal of Willingham (now Southwest) High School, the first Black tenured faculty member at Mercer University, and Board President of Booker T. Washington Community Center (BTWCC). "He had a great love for the arts and was a staunch supporter of TPAC, the center's Teen Performing Arts Company," recalled longtime BTWCC Director Howard Scott. "Renaming the church site for him helped our renovation efforts, which were extensive and done piece by piece as fundraising allowed." The TPAC program used the center for about 15 years, serving hundreds of youths through music, drama, painting and drawing, tutoring, and public performances of live productions such as Purlie and Fences.