{"nrhp_refnum":"69000045","name":"Columbus Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 9th and 4th sts., 4th Ave., and the Chattahoochee River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.45815228650005,"lon":-84.99223068935845,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, covering twenty blocks and nine partial blocks of the original 1828 city plan, bounded by Ninth Street, Fourth Street, the Chattahoochee River and Fourth Avenue.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district preserves the original planned layout of Columbus, one of four planned Georgia cities, with wide tree-lined avenues and a brick-paved Broadway. It holds 187 structures rated historically significant, including a type of small pyramidal-roofed frame house considered indigenous to Columbus. Later review notes say the boundaries were sharply reduced in 1972 because of urban renewal.","narrative":"This historic district in Columbus, Georgia, covers twenty blocks and nine partial blocks of the city's original plan, laid out in 1828 by surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas after Creek lands were cleared. Columbus was one of only four planned Georgia cities, and the district keeps that layout, including very wide streets. Broadway is 164 feet wide and still has its original brick paving, while other avenues are 132 feet wide and lined with rows of trees. Of roughly 612 structures, 187 were rated historically significant in a 1967 inventory. Architecture ranges from Georgian cottages to Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Italian Villa houses. The district's most notable feature is a large group of small frame houses with pyramidal roofs resting on front verandas, a type considered native to Columbus. Listed in 1969 while an urban renewal plan was pending, the district had its boundaries reduced in 1972.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian cottages, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Italian Villa, plus a local pyramidal-roof frame house type with front veranda and a related two-story row house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked as mixed (good, fair, deteriorated); of 612 structures, 249 were rated standard, 261 sub-standard but worth rehabilitating, and 102 dilapidated. The area was in a proposed urban renewal zone, and its boundaries were later reduced.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.395398-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/69000045.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000045/2699e622c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000045/2699e622c7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Related names: Walton, James A; Walton, Robert O; Hunt, William P; Butts, Joseph O; Butts, Kate; Butts, Jesse B; Butts, A J; Butts, William; Butts, Chappell; Abbott; Alexander, Robert B; Alexander, Ann Marie; Ruse, John C; Merry, Joseph N; Gunby, M; Rooney, Lawrence; McGehee, Virginia Ethel; Woodall, Clyde; Woodall, William Clyde; Swift, Edward W; Davis, Robert; Williams, George; Williams, Sallie; Bedell, James W; Bedell, Leila; Albrecht, William; Albrecht, Fannie; Camp, William; Camp, Jennie; Swift, Alma; Pou, Joseph F; Pou, Hettie; Chiple, George W; Chipleq, Artie; Columbus Power Company; Columbus Transportation Company; Williams Tractor Company; Bill Russell Ford Company; Meiremore, John Dawson; Masterbuilt Manufacturing Company; Georgia Department of Transportation; Kermes, Becky, historian; D'Avino, Gail A, historian; Churchill, Cherie, photographer; Hall, Andrew, photographer","credit_html":"Related names: Walton, James A; Walton, Robert O; Hunt, William P; Butts, Joseph O; Butts, Kate; Butts, Jesse B; Butts, A J; Butts, William; Butts, Chappell; Abbott; Alexander, Robert B; Alexander, Ann Marie; Ruse, John C; Merry, Joseph N; Gunby, M; Rooney, Lawrence; McGehee, Virginia Ethel; Woodall, Clyde; Woodall, William Clyde; Swift, Edward W; Davis, Robert; Williams, George; Williams, Sallie; Bedell, James W; Bedell, Leila; Albrecht, William; Albrecht, Fannie; Camp, William; Camp, Jennie; Swift, Alma; Pou, Joseph F; Pou, Hettie; Chiple, George W; Chipleq, Artie; Columbus Power Company; Columbus Transportation Company; Williams Tractor Company; Bill Russell Ford Company; Meiremore, John Dawson; Masterbuilt Manufacturing Company; Georgia Department of Transportation; Kermes, Becky, historian; D'Avino, Gail A, historian; Churchill, Cherie, photographer; Hall, Andrew, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detailed_view_of_the_south_lawn_of_the_Swift_House,_facing_north._-_High_Uptown_Neighborhood,_Second_Avenue_from_1523_to_1645,_Columbus,_Muscogee_County,_GA_HABS_GA,108-COLM,42-23.tif"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"88002048","name":"Columbus Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/columbus-historic-district-boundary-increase-88002048/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209074","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Historic_District_(Columbus,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5150056"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/columbus-historic-district-69000045/"}