{"nrhp_refnum":"80001172","name":"Garrett-Bullock House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1402 2nd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47259431100008,"lon":-84.99015403099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The document text describes St. James A.M.E. Church at 1002 6th Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, a Victorian Gothic Revival brick church with a granite raised basement, built 1875-1876. It is part of a multiple-property survey of Columbus resources; the record is filed under the name Garrett-Bullock House, but the text covers the church.","why_significant":"The church is described as the second oldest congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination in Georgia. It served as a major meeting place for Columbus's Black community, with one of the largest auditoriums available to Black residents before and during the Civil Rights Movement. It is also called the finest example of Victorian Gothic Revival in Columbus.","narrative":"St. James A.M.E. Church at 1002 6th Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, is a two-story Victorian Gothic Revival building on a raised granite basement, with solid brick upper floors and a slate roof. The sanctuary was built between 1875 and 1876 at a cost of $20,000, though the congregation dates to 1863. A central octagonal spire and two flanking octagonal turrets were added in 1886, and a semicircular apse with an altar and choir loft came later. Details include carved double doors, rounded-arch stained glass windows, buttressing and heavy corbelling. Inside, a balcony is reached by spiral stairs in the narthex. The church is noted as the second oldest congregation of its denomination in Georgia. For over a century it has been a religious center and a primary gathering place for large Black assemblies in the city, including during the Civil Rights Movement. It is also considered the finest Victorian Gothic Revival example in Columbus.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as an A.M.E. church; described as in good condition, in a late Victorian residential area with some commercial encroachment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.660744-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001172.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000669","name":"High Uptown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/high-uptown-historic-district-04000669/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206476","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett-Bullock_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5523860"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/garrett-bullock-house-80001172/"}