Meet Your Neighbors

Recent Historic Ingleside resident C. Terry Holland is also one of our neighborhood’s most venerated shop owners. “If It’s Paper” has operated at 2325 Ingleside Avenue for nearly 15 years, originally under the ownership of Terry’s late partner, Jeff Logan, and remains our community’s one-stop-shop for paper, stationary, gifts, and party necessities.

Prior to operating “If It’s Paper,” Terry’s background in interior design and architectural degree from Auburn University made him an asset in his work with many of Macon’s firms such as Dunwody/Beeland Architects, Inc., and he has been involved in the design of many private residences, professional offices, and public schools.

Terry conducts two estate sales per year where he helps homeowners downsize in their retirement and “If It’s Paper” includes a consignment shop as well. No stranger to historic homes, Terry and Jeff lived for years in a pre-Civil War home in the In-Town Historic District. And in 2006, they purchased the Mid-Century Modern home originally owned by Cher and Gregg Allman. Terry is interested in many forms of design and art, including contemporary pottery, decorative arts and furniture, and loves to support local artists. As he puts it, “art finds him.”

Abby and Matthew Smith of Emily Place are relatively new to our neighborhood, but already fit right in here in Historic Ingleside! They moved in one year ago and welcomed their son Henry just 6 months ago, but as a 2009 graduate of Stratford Academy, Abby is no stranger to Macon. She went on to graduate from The University of Georgia and worked in the US Senate under Saxby Chambliss. While working for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Abby met Matthew who worked in the office of a US senator from Tennessee. Matthew grew up in Chattanooga and attended Sewanee: The University of the South.

After marrying, the Smiths moved to Atlanta, before settling here in Macon. Both Abby, who works in Government Community Affairs for Emory University and Matthew, who works for AXA, an investment management company, love Macon. They love that our neighborhood and community offer them a great place to raise a family, and being close to Abby’s sister and life-long friends is priceless.

When Amy and Pepper Temple were house hunting four years ago, they had plenty of options.

But when they pulled in the driveway of a house with a “For Sale” sign at the sharp turn on Osborne Place, there might as well have been a stop sign. “We looked at a lot of houses”, Amy said, “But this just felt like home.”

Ingleside always has had that feel for Amy. Since she was a child, the scenery hasn’t changed much. She has lived in houses on Overlook, Riverdale and Drury.

She has a history here. She calls it a “magical” neighborhood.

The people make the place.

“There’s a difference between living in a neighborhood and having true neighbors,” Pepper said.

Amy and Pepper both are Macon natives. Amy graduated from First Presbyterian Day School, went to Valdosta State and is a medical device specialist. Pepper attended Mount de Sales and Central, graduated from ABAC and works in the lab at Graphic Packaging.