{"nrhp_refnum":"80001130","name":"Building at 1007 Broadway","other_names":["D and M Lounge"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1007 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46498455400007,"lon":-84.99367408699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian Commercial brick and iron building at 1007 Broadway in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built around 1885 and known as the \"D and M Lounge.\"","why_significant":"The nomination cites its local history as an early auction house and then as the Western Union Telegraph office for nearly 35 years. Its upper floor housed attorneys and insurance agents in the late 1890s and early 1900s. It is also described as one of the finest, best proportioned Victorian Commercial structures in Columbus, with rare cast iron lintels.","narrative":"Built around 1885 on Broadway in Columbus, Georgia, this two-story brick and iron commercial building reflects the Victorian Commercial style. The brick is laid in common bond. The first floor has four bays divided by five square cast iron columns, three with Corinthian capitals, and large metal brackets mark the ends of the facade beneath a pressed metal frieze and cornice. The three-bay second floor has 2/2 sash windows with cast iron lintels, fluted and decorated with acanthus leaves. Insurance maps from 1889 and 1895 appear to show the building, first labeled an auction house. By 1894 it housed the Western Union Telegraph Company, which stayed until 1927, when the Dixie Cafe moved in. Attorneys, brokers and insurance agents rented upstairs offices for many years. The building was listed for its local history and for its balanced proportions and rare cast iron lintels, which are uncommon in Columbus.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian-Commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current use is listed as commercial property; integrity is described as intact, though the first-floor spaces between the columns have been modernized.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.481511-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001130.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001130/97702f6ca9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001130/97702f6ca9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_@_1007_Broadway.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:Building_@_1007_Broadway.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206392","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134399760"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/building-at-1007-broadway-80001130/"}