{"nrhp_refnum":"72000391","name":"Lion House","other_names":["The Hoxey-Cargill House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1316 3rd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47136276800006,"lon":-84.98927708099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story temple-like house at 1316 Third Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built in the 1840s for Dr. Thomas Hoxey and designed by Philadelphia architect Stephen Button. It is also known as the Hoxey-Cargill House.","why_significant":"The house is an unusual Egyptian variation of Greek Revival architecture, described as unique in the area and distinctive for its design by S.D. Button. It is one of the few remaining downtown 'Great Houses' and is tied to Dr. Hoxey, a Columbus physician and Lyceum Society founder, and to later owners including a noted Georgia suffragist organizer.","narrative":"Two Nubian lions, one asleep and one awake, flank the front steps of this Columbus house at 1316 Third Avenue, giving it the name Lion House. Built in the 1840s for physician Dr. Thomas Hoxey and designed by Philadelphia architect Stephen Button, it is a temple-like, two-story building that blends Egyptian motifs with Greek Revival design. Tall Corinthian-style columns with lotus-leaf capitals, a flying balcony, and anthemion and honeysuckle carving mark the exterior and entrance. Inside, hall doorways carry lotus designs, and a sealed basement door once led to a tunnel toward the Chattahoochee River. Hoxey was a physician, soldier and founder of the Lyceum Society in 1839. During Wilson's Raid, mules and provisions were reportedly hidden in the basement. Later owners included Augustus Allen, suffragist organizer Emily MacDougald, and the deLaunay-Worsley family. The house is valued as one of the few downtown Great Houses and for its design, which is considered unique locally.","period_of_significance":"1840's","architect_builder":"Stephen (S.D.) Button, Philadelphia architect; built for Dr. Thomas Hoxey","architectural_style":"Egyptian variation of Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and altered, on its original site; marked as occupied and used as a private residence and commercial space. The nomination notes it sits on prime downtown commercial property next to a large furniture store.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.840453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000391.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000391/199e46769d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000391/199e46769d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_House.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:Lion_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000669","name":"High Uptown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/high-uptown-historic-district-04000669/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209108","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_House_(Columbus,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97704114"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/lion-house-72000391/"}