J._R._MacEachron

J. Reginald MacEachron

J. Reginald MacEachron

American architect

J. Reginald MacEachron was an American architect and musical composer.[1]

Ben Hill County Jail in Fitzgerald, Georgia
Citrus County Courthouse

As an architect his work included the design of buildings on the Milledgeville campus of what became Georgia College and State University (GC&SU), the Citrus County Courthouse (with W. R. Biggers) in Florida,[2] Douglass Theatre (1921) in Macon, Georgia for Charles H. Douglass and the Ben Hill County Jail (added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982) on Pine Street in Fitzgerald, Georgia. He designed the Russell Auditorium and Bell Hall (both circa 1928) at GC&SU.[3]

As a composer, he was known for "On Easy Street," composed in 1901.[4]

Musical compositions

  • Good Bye to All Good Bye (1901)
  • On Easy Street - in Rags (1901)
  • Atlanta Spirit (1910)[5]
  • If You Only Knew (?)

References

  1. [1]
    "List of Works by J. Reginald MacEachron". Grainger.de. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  2. [2]
    "The 1912 Citrus County Courthouse and Old Courthouse Heritage Museum". Cccourthouse.org. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  3. [3]
    GC&SU campus, 2005
  4. [4]
    "Battles, Balderdash & Beauty: American Popular Sheet Music from the Howard W. Wildin Collection: Others". Foley Library, Gonzaga University. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Digital Library of Georgia". Dlg.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
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