{"nrhp_refnum":"80001157","name":"Columbus High School","other_names":["Eleventh Street School","Adult Education Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"320 11th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46651650200005,"lon":-84.98794859399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Georgian Revival brick school building at 320 11th Street in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, completed in 1898 for the Muscogee County School Board and designed by Lockwood Brothers, Architects, with Barlow Brothers as builders.","why_significant":"It was built as Columbus' first public high school and the city's first permanent high school building. It is also considered a good example of the variety of building styles in Columbus around the turn of the century, with Georgian symmetry and simple detailing that differ from nearby commercial and residential styles.","narrative":"Completed in 1898 at 320 11th Street in Columbus, Georgia, this brick school served as the city's first permanent public high school. It was known as Columbus High School for nearly 30 years, until a second, more elaborate high school was built in the mid-1920s. After that it was called Old Columbus High School or Eleventh Street School, and it later housed elementary grades as well as special and adult education classes. The two-story Georgian Revival building rises over a raised granite basement and has red brick walls, an 11-bay front, a central arched doorway, pilasters and a pediment over the entrance. A central hall runs the length of the building with classrooms off it. Lockwood Brothers designed it and Barlow Brothers built it. Earlier high school grades had met in Female Academy buildings on the site until an 1894 fire. The building is still used by the school system for adult education classes and stands in a commercial district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Lockwood Brothers, Architects; Barlow Brothers, Builders","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still part of the school system, used as an Adult Education Center with night and day classes; described as in fair condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:39.953362-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001157.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206446","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64510335"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/columbus-high-school-80001157/"}