W.R. Gunn

W.R. Gunn was a prominent architect of theaters in the American South. His work includes the Hawkinsville Opera House. He also designed the Grand [Opera House (Macon, Georgia)] at 651 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia. He also designed Merchants Block in Ocala, Florida. It contained a post office, lending library, and an office for "the precursor of the chamber of commerce", with professional offices upstairs. It was demolished in the 1960s to make way for a parking lot. He is also credited with the Perkins Opera House at Washington Street and Court House Square in Monticello, Florida.