The Ingleside Historic District is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Managed by the U.S. National Park Service, the register keeps track of places around that country that are have historical significance or should be preserved.
Ingleside is one of 14 historic districts in Macon-Bibb County to be listed in the register.
The National Park Service took into account the design of the neighborhood and the history of the area. But, for families that live in Ingleside, it's not just about the old, ornate houses or the little cottages. It's about the people.
Take Drury Rd., for instance. It might look like any other street -- in the late afternoon kids play in the street, parents water flowers and cars drive slowly by.
But, for Sandy Herring, that street -- the whole neighborhood, in fact -- means something more. She grew up in Ingleside, went to school in Charleston, South Carolina, and then the University of Georgia, but always knew she wanted to return home.
"It's kind of like we want our kids to relive this childhood we had, running from yard to yard," Herring said.
Herring watches the kids run up and down the street playing games, but said she doesn't worry about them.
"They're running in and out of everyone's yard, but no one's getting angry about it because everybody loves to see it."
But there's something else in the neighborhood nobody likes to see.
Broken glass, weeds, rotting wood.
Alexander IV Elementary School opened its doors in 1936, but today, it's on the list of Macon's Fading Five -- historic properties in danger of being lost.
Ethiel Garlington, the executive director of Historic Macon, worked hard to get Ingleside on the National Register, and now he's working to save Alex IV.
"Historic preservation is all about preserving the places we can never replace if they're gone or if they're lost," Garlington said.
Garlington's work is important to him. When he was ten years old, his childhood home was torn down to build a parking lot. That taught him that buildings matter and historic places have stories to tell.
He hopes that this new national recognition will bring new people and new money to Ingleside, but also a new chapter to an old school.
"I'm just excited for the whole neighborhood and Macon as a community," Garlington said.
Placement on the National Register means that homeowners in Ingleside can get tax benefits if they remodel their homes.
As for Sandy Herring, this recognition proves something she's always known.
"It's just... it's an ideal street. It really is," she said.
And that's good, because she plans to be on Drury Rd. for a long time.
"When we think about moving, it's hard to look around and find a neighborhood where you're going to replicate this. Usually it ends up with us going, 'Nope, we're just gonna stay right here,'" she said.