UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      WASHINGTON D.C. 20549
                                
                                
                                
                          FORM 8-K (A)
                                
                                
                                
                         CURRENT REPORT
                                
                                
                                
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                
                                
                           May 8, 1998
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                                
                                
             MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
       (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
                                
                                
                                
    TENNESSEE                    1-12762               62-1543819 
(State of Incorporation)  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer 
                                                    Identification Number)
                                
                                
                                
                                
                  6584 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 340
                    MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38138
            (Address of principal executive offices)
                                
                                
                                
                         (901) 682-6600
       Registrant's telephone number, including area code
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
     (Former name or address, if changed since last report)
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
Item 5.  Other Events.

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. has consummated the
acquisition of the apartment community below.  The acquisition
was previously reported under item 5 of Form 8-K.


 Apartment                    Purchase    Number    Date of       Date
 Community     Location        Price     of Units   Form 8-K     Acquired
- -----------  --------------  ----------- --------  -----------  -----------
Eagle Ridge  Birmingham, AL   $8,400,000    200    May 26,1998  May 6, 1998

                                         

The  audited  Historical  Summary  of  Gross  Income  and  Direct
Operating  Expenses of the property for the previous fiscal  year
are included herein as an exhibit.



                           SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of  the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                              MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.


Date:    July 29, 1998       /s/ Simon R.C. Wadsworth
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                                 Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                                 Executive Vice President
                                (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)