Macon in Bibb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Mike Mills and Bill Berry

Historic Macon Music Registry

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 21, 2021

1. Mike Mills and Bill Berry Marker

Inscription.
Lived in apartments
here before helping
form R.E.M.

Erected by The Charles Cox Family Trust.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the Georgia, Historic Macon Music Registry series list.

Location. 32° 50.326′ N, 83° 38.464′ W. Marker is in Macon, Georgia, in Bibb County. It is on Arlington Place north of Tinsley Place, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 572 Arlington Pl, Macon GA 31201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Paragon Booking Agency (a few steps from this marker); Philip Walden, Jr., Childhood Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe Street Apartments (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Walter T. Johnson House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site: Wesleyan College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Randolph-Whittle House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wesleyan College (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Cottage (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macon.

Regarding Mike Mills and Bill Berry. Excerpt from the music history tour brochure:

Mike Mills and Bill Berry were young musicians who met while attending Macon’s Northeast High School. After graduation, the two rented an apartment in this house while Berry worked for Paragon Booking Agency. Mills and Berry would later move to Athens, Georgia, and attend the University of Georgia, where they met Michael Stipe and Peter Buck and started the band R.E.M.

Also see . . . R.E.M.'s first ever show: Opening band at a birthday party in a church. Excerpt from "R.E.M.'s Murmur" by J. Niimi

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 21, 2021

2. Mike Mills and Bill Berry Marker

(2005) opens with how a chance meeting led to Berry and Mills becoming friends, despite their different personalities, and later bandmates in R.E.M.. (Salon, posted April 28, 2018) (Submitted on November 26, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,998 times since then and 131 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 26, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.