in July Points of interest Historical sites Terminal Station, a railroad station built in 1916, is located on 5th St. at the end of Cherry St. Its architect was Alfred Fellheimer, prominent for his 1903 design of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is located near downtown Macon. It preserves some of Georgia’s largest ancient earthwork mounds built by the Mississippian culture a millennium ago, c. 950–1150. It was sacred to the historic Muscogee (Creek Nation) as well. Archeological artifacts reveal 13,000 years of human habitation at the site. The park features a spiral mound, funeral mound, temple mounds, burial mounds, and a reconstructed earth lodge. It is the first Traditional Cultural Property designated by the National Park Service east of the Mississippi River. Fort Benjamin Hawkins, a major military outpost (1806-1821), was a command headquarters for the U.S. Army and Georgia militia on the boundary between U.S.-held and Native land, as well as a trading post or factory for the Creek Nation. It was a supply depot during U.S. campaigns of the War of 1812 and the Creek and Seminole Wars. Cannonball House, a historic home on the National Register of Historic Places. Luther Williams Field Old City Cemetery, one of Macon's oldest cemeteries Rose Hill Cemetery, a cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places Sidney Lanier Cottage, the poet’s historic home. Temple Beth Israel, a domed Neoclassical built in 1902 to house Macon’s Jewish congregation, founded in 1859. Wesleyan College, the first chartered women's college in the world Museums The Allman Brothers Band Museum - the "Big House" used by the Allman Brothers Band in the early 1970s, now a museum of Allman Brothers history and artifacts The Georgia Children's Museum - interactive education, located in the downtown Museum District Georgia Sports Hall of Fame The Little Richard House and Museum - a museum of Little Richard's history and artifacts Museum of Arts and Sciences and Planetarium Tubman Museum of African American Art, History, and Culture - the largest African American museum in the Southeast Community City Hall, Georgia's capital for part of the Civil War Douglass Theatre, named for its founder Charles Henry Douglas. An entrepreneur from a prominent black family, he was an established theatre developer well versed in the vaudeville and entertainment business. The theatre has undergone modern renovations and hosts numerous theatrical events. The Grand Opera