{"nrhp_refnum":"05000793","name":"Tarver, C.B., Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18-23 W. 11th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47061600700005,"lon":-84.99447479799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-08-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red-brick commercial building with a basement at 18-23 West 11th Street in downtown Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built in 1921 for wholesale grocer Clifford Banks Tarver and designed by T. Firth Lockwood, Sr.","why_significant":"It is a good example of a commercial-style store and office building, with terra cotta and brick decoration unusual for a wholesale grocery on the industrial side of downtown. It was one of the last designs by local architect T. Firth Lockwood, Sr. It also reflects the early 1920s practice of a businessman building for his own firm while renting offices to others.","narrative":"Built in 1921 at the corner of West 11th Street and Front Avenue in downtown Columbus, this two-story brick building with a basement was constructed for Clifford Banks Tarver's wholesale grocery business. Architect T. Firth Lockwood, Sr., designed it near the end of his career, giving it terra cotta cornices and cartouches, brick pilasters, concrete banding and diamond and square motifs, which is more ornament than a warehouse-side grocery building usually received. The second floor was rented as offices, and later occupants included a stock broker, an implement company, a bowling center, a county welfare office and a furniture company. Its significance rests on its commercial-style architecture and on its role as a combined grocery and office building of the 1920s. The period of significance runs from 1921 to 1955. The building has since been converted into 22 loft apartments arranged around an open atrium, as part of the 11th Street Lofts project.","period_of_significance":"1921 to 1955","architect_builder":"T. Firth Lockwood, Sr., of Columbus, GA","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted to 22 loft apartments (part of the 11th Street Lofts) with an open-air central atrium; the conversion received tax incentive certification in 2003.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.978476-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/05000793.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000793/8a580f5f24-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000793/8a580f5f24-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C._B._Tarver_Building_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C._B._Tarver_Building_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206530","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134392359"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/tarver-c-b-building-05000793/"}