{"nrhp_refnum":"80001178","name":"Illges, John Paul, House","other_names":["Hatcher Memorial Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1425 3rd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47361665200003,"lon":-84.98922698599995,"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 2½-story brick private house built about 1912 at 1425 3rd Avenue in the High Uptown area of Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, for John Paul Illges.","why_significant":"The house is significant locally as the home of John Paul Illges, Sr., a socially and financially prominent man who became chief executive of Golden's Foundry and Machine Company. It is also significant architecturally as a rare Eclectic-style example in Columbus, particularly within an otherwise restrained neighborhood.","narrative":"Built around 1912 at 1425 3rd Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, this 2½-story brick house was the home of John Paul Illges, his wife and their children from 1912 to 1937. It stayed in the Illges family until 1942. Illges was a prominent figure with wide interests in family businesses and investments, and he became chief executive of Golden's Foundry and Machine Company. The house combines Eclectic styling with Jacobethan influence and Second Renaissance elements. It has an asymmetrical plan, a high-pitched slate hip roof with wide bracketed eaves, and stepped Dutch-influenced parapet gables with stone coping. A semicircular portico with fluted composite columns and concentric steps gives the entrance a monumental quality. Located in the High Uptown area, which contains homes from about 1880 to 1920, it is regarded as a rare example of its style in an otherwise restrained neighborhood. It is now used as office space.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic with Jacobethan influence and elements of Second Renaissance","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as office space; described as a well-maintained structure on a level lot with kept ornamental shrubs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.17722-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001178.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001178/2d76dfc66c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001178/2d76dfc66c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Paul_Illges_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Paul_Illges_House.JPG"},"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/93206488","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134419961"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/illges-john-paul-house-80001178/"}