{"nrhp_refnum":"80001124","name":"Berry, George O., House","other_names":["Charles M. Evert Law Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"912 2nd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.463263217000076,"lon":-84.99036128099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Classical Revival frame house at 912 Second Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built around 1896 and now used as law offices.","why_significant":"The form cites its architecture, noting fine applied decorative woodwork, a beveled frieze and a two-story bay window. It closely resembles a house two doors away, and these two are the only structures in Columbus with the beveled frieze. It is also significant locally as the home of brick manufacturer George O. Berry and later of shoe and boot merchant H. W. Garrett.","narrative":"Built around 1896 at 912 Second Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, this two-story Classical Revival house is a weatherboard frame building with a truncated hip roof, two interior chimneys and a one-story porch with Corinthian-capped columns. A two-story bay window on the north side has half-engaged columns and applied carved woodwork, and the roofline entablature carries a beveled frieze with wooden ornamentation. Inside, a side hall leads to a plan of four rooms up and four down. The 1896-1897 city directory lists George O. Berry, a brick manufacturer, at this address, and by 1900 H. W. Garrett, a shoe and boot merchant, lived here with his wife, Emma. The house was recognized for its decorative woodwork and for its beveled frieze, a feature found on only two structures in Columbus, this one and a similar house two doors away. Surrounded by other homes of about 1890-1900 converted to law offices, it remains in good condition with a picket fence around the property.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as law offices; described as in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.838738-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001124.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206388","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_O._Berry_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30622734"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/berry-george-o-house-80001124/"}