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Macon City Auditorium

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Though it is significantly older than, and geographically separate from, the other building in the complex, the auditorium is maintained as part of the
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Oprah Winfrey filmed her 2007 episode, "Oprah's Favorite Things", in the Macon City Auditorium on November 17, 2007.
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The Macon Coliseum has about 9,000 seats while the Macon City Auditorium has 2,688.
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contains scenes from Macon area history from the Spanish explorations of
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The airports serve the city but are outside the city limits.
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Located nearly across the street from Macon's historic
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The Macon Centreplex website's page for the auditorium
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Macon City Auditorium is located in Georgia
Macon City Auditorium is located in the United States
Macon, Georgia
32°50′14″N 83°37′53″W / 32.83722°N 83.63139°W / 32.83722; -83.63139
Egerton Swartwout
Classical Revival
Greek revival
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Macon, Georgia
United States
Egerton Swartwout
National Register of Historic Places
City Hall
Doric columns
dome
Don Carlos Dubois
Wilbur Kurtz
mural
Hernando de Soto
Macon Centreplex
Macon Coliseum
Ocmulgee River


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Municipal Auditorium"

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