{"nrhp_refnum":"80001173","name":"Girard Colored Mission","other_names":["St. James","African Methodist Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1002 6th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46538105600007,"lon":-84.98744192899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame Queen Anne house at 1402 2nd Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built about 1886 and probably for Joseph Garrett. The document is titled for the Garrett-Bullock House, although the listing name given is Girard Colored Mission.","why_significant":"The form argues the house is significant in local history as the residence of Joseph Garrett, a Broad Street wholesale liquor and tobacco merchant, in the once-elite High Uptown neighborhood. It later served as a modified boarding house before returning to single-family use. Architecturally, it is described as the best example of its varied, decorative style in Columbus, comparable to similar houses nationwide.","narrative":"Built around 1886, this two-story Queen Anne house at 1402 2nd Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, sits in what was once the elite High Uptown neighborhood. Joseph Garrett, who ran a Broad Street wholesale liquor and tobacco business and later appears in directories as postmaster, bought the property in 1886 and lived there until 1910. The family took in boarders around 1904. In 1910 Garrett sold the house to Osborn and Minnie Bullock, and it became a private home again. The wood-frame house has weatherboard siding, an asymmetrical form, a multiplaned roof, tall corbelled chimneys, and ornate porches with massive columns, brackets, pendants and Eastlake-style balusters. Stained glass and a Palladian-type window add detail. The nomination calls it the best example of its decorative style in Columbus and a good match for similar houses anywhere in the country. It appears on Sanborn maps of 1889 and 1895.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne (with Eastlake-style porch balusters)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence in good condition at the time of the survey.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.625208-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001173.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206478","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134419825"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/girard-colored-mission-80001173/"}