{"nrhp_refnum":"70000213","name":"Peabody-Warner House","other_names":["Peabody-Swift-Warner House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1445 2nd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47409291800005,"lon":-84.99081228899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-12-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival brick cottage at 1445 Second Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built c. 1840 by lawyer Philip Thomas Schley and later dismantled and rebuilt on its present site by Col. Seaborn Jones.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house's association with George Foster Peabody, later a financier and philanthropist, whose family lived there briefly. It also notes ownership by Charles A. Warner, Chief Engineering Officer of the Confederate Navy, and the house's architectural character. It is described as the only significant house remaining in its block and as endangered by urban blight.","narrative":"This brick cottage at 1445 Second Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, was built around 1840 by attorney Philip Thomas Schley at what is now First Avenue and Tenth Street. It was carefully dismantled to make room for the First Presbyterian Church and rebuilt by Col. Seaborn Jones as a speculative venture. The Greek Revival house has a hipped roof with two chimneys at each end, a small portico with wooden Ionic columns, and a walnut front door with a fanlight that retains its original glass. Walls are one brick's length plus one brick's width thick. Eudoxus Swift later added two rooms and a porch at the rear. The house is tied to George Foster Peabody, who lived there as a child and became a noted financier and philanthropist. Charles A. Warner, a Confederate Navy engineer, later owned it. A 1954 plaque commemorates Peabody's residence. The nomination also notes it is the only significant house left in its block.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date c. 1840)","architect_builder":"Built by Philip Thomas Schley; rebuilt by Col. Seaborn Jones","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; occupied and used as a private residence. The house has been altered, including rear additions and a reduced basement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.249866-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/70000213.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000213/ad210ad348-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000213/ad210ad348-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peabody-Warner_House_-_Columbus.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</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:Peabody-Warner_House_-_Columbus.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209120","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134398118"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/peabody-warner-house-70000213/"}