{"nrhp_refnum":"71000282","name":"Cedars, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2039 13th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47247624900007,"lon":-84.96318671699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-11-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house at 2039 13th Street in the Wynnton area of Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built in 1837 by Col. John Banks as a spacious family home.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an architecturally distinctive landmark whose style is unique in Columbus. It was built by Col. John Banks, a prominent lawyer, banker and mill owner who helped found Wynnton Academy. It has stayed in the Banks family since 1837 and retains family papers, silver, china and furniture, and it was threatened by a proposed widening of 13th Street.","narrative":"Built in 1837 for Col. John Banks, a Columbus lawyer, bank founder and cotton mill co-owner, this house at 2039 13th Street sits in the old Wynnton village area. It was designed as a spacious home for a large family. The main house is handmade rose-colored brick covered with stucco scored to look like stone blocks, with four Ionic columns supporting the front portico. Inside, a hall nine feet wide and forty feet long was painted to resemble pinkish Italian marble, and rooms have marble and pine mantels, heart-of-pine floors, thirteen-foot ceilings and carved doorways. The roofline was altered in 1885. Banks also helped found Wynnton Academy, and Cedar Avenue was once the cedar-lined drive to the house. The property has remained with the Banks family, preserving papers, silver, china and furniture. Its listing was urged because of its distinctive style and a proposed four-lane widening of 13th Street.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1837)","architect_builder":"Col. John Banks (original owner who built the house)","architectural_style":"Stuccoed brick house with four-columned Ionic portico, marked to resemble stone blocks; style described as unique in Columbus","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence by a descendant of John Banks; condition marked good and altered, with the roofline changed in 1885. Threatened by a proposed widening of 13th Street.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.258196-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71000282.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000282/967dcc0b5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000282/967dcc0b5c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Osteele98","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Cedars,_Columbus,_GA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Osteele98</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:The_Cedars,_Columbus,_GA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05000622","name":"Wynnton Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/wynnton-village-historic-district-05000622/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209072","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134398196"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/cedars-the-71000282/"}