{"nrhp_refnum":"72000392","name":"McGehee-Woodall House","other_names":["Alexander House","Senior Citizens Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1534 2nd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.475892628000054,"lon":-84.99055952599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick raised cottage with a Doric portico at 1534 Second Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, thought to have been built in 1845 by Robert B. Alexander. It later served as a senior citizens center.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house's beauty, its Greek Revival design with a Doric portico, and its long association with the McGehee family, who lived there for 77 years. It also stands on part of the original Courthouse Square, site of Muscogee County's first courthouse. The nomination notes that listing would give it local landmark protection in a commercially zoned area.","narrative":"Built around 1845, probably by Robert B. Alexander, this solid brick house at 1534 Second Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, is a two-story raised cottage over a high basement. A Doric portico with a wrought-iron balustrade crowns brick steps in a style compared to Charleston homes. Inside are black Carrara marble mantels said to have been imported from Italy, and carved woodwork. Four chimneys signal the wealth of its early occupants. The house sits on part of the original Courthouse Square, where Muscogee County's first frame courthouse stood. Col. Allen McGehee, a cotton exporter and businessman, bought it in 1872, and his family lived there for 77 years. His daughter Virginia Ethel McGehee married publisher William Clyde Woodall in the house in 1899. After renovation, it was dedicated as a Senior Citizens Center in 1969. Its Greek Revival character and location in a commercial zone prompted the push for landmark protection.","period_of_significance":"1845 (19th Century)","architect_builder":"Robert B. Alexander (thought to have built it in 1845)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Doric portico; raised cottage","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; renovated and opened as the Senior Citizens Center in 1969. The form lists it as occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.326672-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/72000392.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209112","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/mcgehee-woodall-house-72000392/"}