{"nrhp_refnum":"80001152","name":"Church of the Holy Family","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"320 12th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46836893900007,"lon":-84.98817336799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Roman Catholic church at 320 12th Street in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built 1877-1880 in Gothic Revival style with Byzantine influence, designed by Daniel Matthew Foley. It sits on a 1.1-acre site with an attached rectory.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its religious importance as the Catholic congregation's church in a southern city, where a Catholic church was founded unusually early. It also points to the parish's emphasis on education and interfaith understanding, including a first interfaith service in the 1970s. Architecturally, it is described as the only Gothic Revival church of its type in Columbus.","narrative":"Church of the Holy Family at 320 12th Street in Columbus is a stucco-over-brick Catholic church built between 1877 and 1880 to designs by Daniel Matthew Foley. Its Gothic Revival design shows Byzantine influence. The facade has three bays, with the center bay rising above the others and capped by a slender spire. Tudor arches frame the openings, and crenelated parapets follow the roofline. An attached two-story rectory forms an ell to the west, and a social hall was added in 1971. The grave of Father Michael Cullinan lies east of the entrance. The congregation grew out of the older Church of St. Philip and St. James, built in 1829 on another site, when that building became too small. Father Cullinan encouraged the new church, completed on its present site in 1880. The property is valued for its religious role, its emphasis on education and interfaith understanding, and as the only Gothic Revival church of its type in Columbus. It remains in use and in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Daniel Matthew Foley","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival with Byzantine influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Active Catholic church in excellent condition; described as an active downtown congregation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.442416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001152.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001152/b658186dd8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001152/b658186dd8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"self","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_the_Holy_Family,_Columbus.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">self</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:Church_of_the_Holy_Family,_Columbus.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206434","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Family_(Columbus,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5117899"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/church-of-the-holy-family-80001152/"}