{"nrhp_refnum":"80001156","name":"Columbian Lodge No. 7 Free and Accepted Masons","other_names":["The Flowers Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 12th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.468783932000065,"lon":-84.99156850299994,"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 four-story Chicago Commercial style building at 101 12th Street in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built in 1902 as a Masonic hall for Columbian Lodge No. 7. The architect/builder was T. Firth Lockwood.","why_significant":"It is significant locally as a turn-of-the-century Masonic Temple that later became a major commercial center in downtown Columbus, housing offices of leading professionals and businessmen. It is also the only example of the Chicago Commercial style in town and is notably large compared with the average commercial building in Columbus.","narrative":"Built in 1902 by Columbian Lodge No. 7, Free and Accepted Masons, this four-story building at 101 12th Street in Columbus served as a Masonic hall, with a two-story meeting auditorium on the third and fourth floors. Architect T. Firth Lockwood designed it in the Chicago Commercial style, with granite piers and Corinthian capitals on the first floor, rounded arches with keystones on the third, tall pilasters, and a terracotta architrave and cornice. Its vertical emphasis is described as Sullivanesque, with Romanesque touches suggesting the influence of John Wellborn Root. It is the only Chicago Commercial example in Columbus and is far larger than typical commercial buildings there. The Masons sold it in 1940 to Joe E. Flowers for $90,000. Flowers rented space to many local professionals and businessmen, making it a major office center downtown. The street-level entrance was remodeled around 1950 to 1960, and the building is in fair condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"T. Firth Lockwood","architectural_style":"Chicago Commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition and used as commercial office property; windows were boarded over in 1979 to prevent water damage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.216956-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001156.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206444","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5149940"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/columbian-lodge-no-7-free-and-accepted-masons-80001156/"}