{"nrhp_refnum":"80001166","name":"First African Baptist Church Parsonage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"911 5th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.463201165000044,"lon":-84.98647979899994,"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 one-story Victorian cottage parsonage at 911 5th Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built about 1915-1916 next to First African Baptist Church and its annex.","why_significant":"The house is significant architecturally as a Victorian cottage with Eastlake detailing, including porch turnings and bracketing uncommon in the area. It is significant for local history because it was apparently built as the parsonage for the pastors of First African Baptist Church and is laid out for that purpose.","narrative":"Built around 1915-1916, this one-story frame house at 911 5th Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, served as the parsonage for First African Baptist Church, whose sanctuary stands next door. City directories list it first in 1916 as the home of Rev. J. Henry Smith, pastor of the church. Rev. Jacob T. Brown lived here by 1918, and Rev. Broadus H. Hogan by 1923, both also pastors of the congregation. The house is an ell-plan Victorian cottage with a hip and gable roof and a porch running the length of the facade. Eastlake details include turned porch columns, a balustrade and gingerbread brackets, with floor-length windows and a transom over the central door. Inside, a variation of a central-hall plan provides five rooms. Its porch turnings and bracketing are uncommon nearby, and its close link to the church and its pastors gives it local historical importance. It remains in good condition and in use as a parsonage.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian cottage with Eastlake detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and currently used as a parsonage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.935664-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001166.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001166/d971c816c3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001166/d971c816c3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Linames2018","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1st_African_Baptist_Church_Parsonage1_Columbus_GA_USA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Linames2018</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1st_African_Baptist_Church_Parsonage1_Columbus_GA_USA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206464","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_African_Baptist_Church_Parsonage_(Columbus,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452257"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/first-african-baptist-church-parsonage-80001166/"}