{"nrhp_refnum":"72000390","name":"Hilton","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2505 Macon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.473498101000075,"lon":-84.95390769699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hilton is a house at 2505 Macon Road in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. It began as a four-room clapboard farmhouse built for Dr. Lovick Pierce (dated 1838 in the description and 1843 in the significance statement) and was enlarged into an Italian villa in 1855 by William Waters Garrard.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Hilton as a surviving early Columbus house that grew from a simple farmhouse into an Italian villa. It cites links to Bishop Lovick Pierce, the Garrard family, and the Urquhart family, who used the name Hilton. It also notes that some of the last shots of the Civil War were fired from its porch in April 1865, that the house was used in the 1967 film The Green Berets, and that a residential section of Columbus takes its name from it.","narrative":"Hilton, at 2505 Macon Road in Columbus, Georgia, began as a four-room clapboard farmhouse built for Dr. Lovick Pierce, a physician who became a Methodist minister and bishop. In 1855 William Waters Garrard bought it and, after admiring an Italian villa abroad, added a two-story section with a projecting central bay and bay windows. He had marble mantels, statues and stained glass shipped from Europe. The house was restored in 1936 and is now white frame with its original green shutters. Its name connects to the Urquhart family and to Garrard's earlier home on Hilton Head Island. The nomination records that some of the last shots of the Civil War were fired from its front porch in April 1865. It also appeared in the 1967 film The Green Berets, and a residential district of Columbus takes its name from the house. Its listing was urged because rising land values threatened division of the six-acre property.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1843)","architect_builder":"Dr. Lovick Pierce (original house); William Waters Garrard (1855 Italian villa additions)","architectural_style":"Italian villa (added to an earlier clapboard farmhouse)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as occupied, in fair condition and altered. Mrs. A. H. Bickerstaff restored it in 1936. The nomination warns that land values may lead to partition of the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.104824-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000390.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000390/aaf46f5fd4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000390/aaf46f5fd4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hilton_house_(in_1897),_Columbus,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hilton_house_(in_1897),_Columbus,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02001748","name":"Hillcrest-Wildwood Circle Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/hillcrest-wildwood-circle-historic-district-02001748/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209100","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_(Columbus,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5764461"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/hilton-72000390/"}