{"nrhp_refnum":"79000738","name":"Woolfolk, John W., House","other_names":["Colonial Apartments","Old Woolfolk House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1615 12th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46886075700007,"lon":-84.96826823399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-01-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival house at 1615 Twelfth Street in the Wynnton area of Columbus, Georgia, built about 1835 and later converted into the Colonial Apartments. The architect is believed to be Enrico Lopez.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture and one of the first large Wynnton estates, built by pioneer settler John W. Woolfolk. It is also tied to local history through a series of prominent Columbus owners. It is described as one of the city's most important surviving antebellum structures and an early example of adaptive use.","narrative":"Built about 1835 on the north side of Twelfth Street in Columbus, Georgia, this two-story frame Greek Revival house began as the center of a large suburban estate in Wynnton. John W. Woolfolk, an early settler of the area who acquired the land in 1832 and served in the state legislature, was its first owner. The architect is believed to be a Cuban named Enrico Lopez, who probably also designed the nearby house Gordonido. Around 1925 the side columns were removed and one-story wings added when it became the Colonial Apartments. Surviving features include the Greek Revival front doorway with its wrought-iron balcony, a wide central hall, a curving mahogany staircase and marble mantels. The house is recognized as one of the first Wynnton estates and one of Columbus's most significant surviving antebellum Greek Revival buildings. At the time of listing it stood vacant and deteriorating, and the new owner planned renovation for continued apartment use.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1835 and ca. 1930","architect_builder":"Enrico Lopez (?)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form describes the building as vacant and deteriorating in 1978, with the new owner planning renovation and continued apartment use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:39.955666-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000738.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000738/62f7ab9617-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000738/62f7ab9617-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_W._Woolfolk_House_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</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:John_W._Woolfolk_House_01.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/93209156","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134399641"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/woolfolk-john-w-house-79000738/"}