{"nrhp_refnum":"80001190","name":"Phillips, George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1406 3rd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.472799303000045,"lon":-84.98887278499996,"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, weatherboard-frame Classical Revival house at 1406 3rd Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built about 1912 for George B. Phillips.","why_significant":"The house is significant in local history as the home of George Phillips, who worked in the coal, wood, sewer pipe and fire brick business, in what was once Columbus' elite \"High Uptown\" neighborhood. It is significant architecturally as one of a very limited number of purely Classical Revival homes in a city where most houses of the period mix Classical Revival and Victorian features.","narrative":"Built around 1912 at 1406 3rd Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, this two-story frame house was home to George B. Phillips, who worked for E. Phillips & Sons, a coal, wood, sewer pipe and fire brick business on 5th Avenue. City directories list the Phillips family at the address from 1912 to 1927. The house sits in the former High Uptown neighborhood, once regarded as an elite part of the city and still surrounded by houses dating from about 1890 to 1910. Its weatherboard walls, brick foundation, steep hip roof and front porch with Corinthian columns and a turned balustrade reflect the Classical Revival style. Details include a dentil-molded entablature, a pointed elliptical window in the gable and a square bay window on the north side. Inside, a side hall serves five rooms on each floor. Most Columbus homes of the period blend Classical Revival and Victorian features, which makes this largely pure Classical Revival example uncommon.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private dwelling in fair condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.034917-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001190.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/93206506","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134427600"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/phillips-george-house-80001190/"}