Library Ballroom

The Library Ballroom is the perfect place to host your next event, be it a wedding, reception, anniversary party, corporate or private party, a conference, seminar, concert or show, or anything else you may think of.

The ballroom is located at 652 Mulberry Street in Macon's First Public Library Building. The facility consists of the Grand Ballroom, a reception room, lavish bathrooms, and a warming kitchen. It offers a warm and inviting atmosphere with original hardwood flooring, richly stained wood accents, and a 40 foot wooden cathedral ceiling in the ballroom. Cherry wood furnishings encase a full sound system for the ballroom and the surround sound system and DVR cable system for the 50" plasma TV in the reception room.

The third floor houses the VIP Suite. It's the perfect place to stay after your party or for the VIP of your meeting.

The Library Ballroom was originally designed by D.B. Woodruff and was constructed in 1889 by the Macon Public Library and Historical Society to house Macon's first public library.

The library was located on the second floor and included the reading room, a ladies parlor, toilet rooms, and a boudoir; every convenience of the day. The first floor has been rented out to local businesses throughout the years. A few of the businesses to occupy the first floor include a coffin shop in the earliest days, and currently, Central Bank. In 1916, a site on Washington Street was donated to the Macon Public Library and Historical Society by Ms. Ellen Washington Bellamy, and a new library building was constructed there. The library moved to its new site at the corner of Washington Street and College Street in the 1920's.

During the 1960's, 652 Mulberry Street was a favorite venue for local musicians, the Allman Brothers, to play. Eventually, the ballroom fell into disuse, but was later acquired by the Historic Macon Foundation. More recently, the building was purchased by Tony Widner, who performed a complete renovation to restore the building to its original beauty. In 2007, the building was awarded by the Historic Macon Foundation for the renovations and was placed on the National Registrar of Historic Places.
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