{"nrhp_refnum":"69000050","name":"Walker-Peters-Langdon House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"716 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46013922700007,"lon":-84.99466442199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Federal-style \"cottage\" house at 716 Broadway in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built in 1828 and reported to be the oldest house in Columbus.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant as the reputedly oldest house in Columbus and as a good example of the regional Federal-style cottage with a symmetrical, central-hall plan. It is tied to the Walker, Peters and Langdon families who owned it. It lies within the local historic district and has been restored as a house museum.","narrative":"Built in 1828 at 716 Broadway in Columbus, Georgia, this Federal-style cottage is reported to be the oldest house in the city. The lot was bought in July 1828 by Virgil H. Walker, who probably used the house as a town residence. In 1836 it was sold to Mrs. Dicey Peters, who soon added a room behind each front room. At her death in 1849 it passed to her daughter Francis and her husband, William Bronson Langdon, and the Langdon family kept it for about 118 years. The house has a symmetrical, rectangular plan with a central hall, a room on each side, brick chimneys at both ends, a brick foundation, pegged clapboard siding, pine floors, and a walnut front door patterned as a \"Cross and Open Bible.\" Some original handblown window glass survives. It was restored and furnished by the Historic Columbus Foundation, which uses it as its headquarters and as a house museum.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1828","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal Style, regional \"cottage\" style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored and furnished, in good condition, serving as headquarters of the Historic Columbus Foundation and open to the public as a house museum on weekdays.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.520355-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/69000050.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000050/bc6593c39e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000050/bc6593c39e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walker-Peters_Langdon_House_(704_Broadway).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walker-Peters_Langdon_House_(704_Broadway).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"69000045","name":"Columbus Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/columbus-historic-district-69000045/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209148","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134398031"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/walker-peters-langdon-house-69000050/"}