{"nrhp_refnum":"80001180","name":"Kress","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1117 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46728352500003,"lon":-84.99362311499993,"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 two-story brick commercial building at 1117 Broadway in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built about 1918 as a variety store for the S. H. Kress Company.","why_significant":"The building is cited as a fine example of commercial neoclassicism, with pilasters, a complete entablature and consistent window treatment. It is described as the largest, most complete example of that style on Broadway. It also served the Columbus community as a leading downtown dime store for 61 years and is typical of Kress stores built in downtown areas in the early 1900s.","narrative":"Built around 1918 at 1117 Broadway in Columbus, Georgia, this two-story brick building was constructed for the S. H. Kress Company as a variety store. City directories show the Kress listing expanding from 1117 to 1117-1119 in 1918, suggesting the present building enlarged earlier facilities. The brick is beige with a pink cast, set with dusty rose mortar. A row of four bays on the second floor is divided by pilasters with sandstone bases and capitals, supporting an entablature with a sandstone architrave, vertically laid brick frieze and pressed-metal modillion cornice. Sandstone window surrounds with keystones, two-over-two sash windows and geometric metal transoms add detail, and the parapet carries the metal letters K-R-E-S-S. The building is described as the largest, most complete example of commercial neoclassicism on Broadway. It served as a leading downtown dime store for 61 years before closing in 1979, and it reflects the type of Kress store built in downtown areas in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Neo-Classical-Commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant; the store closed in 1979. Integrity is described as altered but intact.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.296871-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001180.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206492","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/kress-80001180/"}