Jean League Newton, AIA, Historic Preservation Internship

Job Title: Jean League Newton, AIA, Historic Preservation Internship

Compensation: $2,000.00

Application deadline: April 30, 2025

Start date: June 1, 2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Jean League Newton, AIA, Internship is a full-time, two-month position responsible for providing professional research support and assisting with field work to support the organization’s mission of community revitalization through architectural preservation and public history.  The individual will learn multiple aspects of a preservation nonprofit organization and will leave with a thorough grasp of our work. 

This position will be tasked with assisting with Historic Macon’s annual property easement monitoring, which involves conducting building assessments from the right-of-way and taking photographs of properties. Applicants not able to perform these functions outdoors during the summer will be tasked with supporting administrative functions (data management, mailings, etc.). 

In addition, the selected applicant will undertake an additional project based on their area of interest; this may entail archival research, field surveys, advocacy, or event planning. Applicants are encouraged to propose projects as part of their cover letter. Historic Macon staff can also help identify a project. Examples of project ideas include:

• Designing maps of Macon historic districts;
• Producing content (written or video) for Historic Macon’s website and social media;
• Creating a service provider directory of local builders and designers;
• Organizing an educational class or roundtable;
• Creating an inventory of local buildings produced by prominent architects.

Eligibility and Qualifications:

• Current college student or graduate-level student in historic preservation, architecture or closely aligned field. 
• Candidate must be able to work independently and have excellent organizational, research and computer skills.
• Knowledge of and appreciation for Macon and Georgia history is a plus. 

Application instructions:

Interested applicants should email a cover letter, resume and two references (including one professor or teacher) to info@historicmacon.org.  The cover letter should include a project proposal for HMF to consider.

About Jean League Newton, AIA

Jean League Newton, AIA, was an accomplished architect and quiet community force in Macon.  She trained at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in the 1940s and brought elements of the Bauhaus style to her early residential work in central Georgia.  In the 1970s, Jean was a founding member and early president of the Historic Preservation Board of the Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission.  Her work in this role, and in collaboration with her colleagues, was instrumental in saving much of what is now beloved in the historic neighborhoods of downtown Macon. This Historic Macon Foundation internship is made possible through the generosity of her family and friends, who remember her best for her strong sense of design, her love of both the traditional and the innovative, and the kind manner in which she interacted with others.