{"nrhp_refnum":"74000698","name":"Mott House","other_names":["Fieldcrest Mills,Inc."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Front Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47301943300005,"lon":-84.99418745799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, five-bay Flemish bond brick house on Front Avenue beside the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia, built about 1840 for Mrs. James S. Calhoun and later absorbed into a mill office complex.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the last of the great mid-nineteenth century plantation houses fronting the Chattahoochee in Columbus. It is tied to the Washington to New Orleans telegraph line and to the 1865 capture of Columbus, when General Wilson used it as headquarters. It also symbolizes the shift from a residential, agricultural neighborhood to an industrial one after the Civil War.","narrative":"Built around 1840 for Mrs. James S. Calhoun on the bank of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, this three-story, five-bay Flemish bond brick house has a mansard roof, a glass cupola and a central portico with fluted Ionic columns and ornamental ironwork. Civil engineer Daniel Griffin bought it in 1849, added the mansard roof and a walled garden, and served as first president of the Southern Telegraph Line from Washington to New Orleans. Colonel Randolph Mott purchased it in 1856. In April 1865 Major-General James H. Wilson made the house his headquarters after capturing Columbus. A mill company bought it in 1881, and a later mill company acquired it in the 1960s for its main offices. The interior has been remodelled and additions surround it, but the original section remains recognizable. It is described as the last of the mid-nineteenth century riverfront plantation houses in the city.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date c. 1839)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition, used as the reception area and offices of a mill company; interior remodelled and modern additions made to the north side and rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.397108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000698.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209114","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mott_House_(Columbus,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6918627"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/mott-house-74000698/"}