{"nrhp_refnum":"80001197","name":"Rothschild's, David, Wholesale Dry Goods","other_names":["Kravtin's Novelty Shop"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1029 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.46606642300003,"lon":-84.99365010099996,"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 three-story brick commercial building with a cast iron front at 1029 Broadway in downtown Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built about 1890-1895, probably for David Rothschild.","why_significant":"The building contributed to the development of Columbus's Central Business District, serving as a wholesale dry goods store and later as a furniture and clothing store. It is described as the only cast iron storefront in the city still in continuous use for its original purpose.","narrative":"Located at 1029 Broadway in downtown Columbus, Georgia, this three-story commercial building has a brick structure, wood floor framing and a cast iron front. Each level of the facade is divided into three parts by Corinthian pilasters, with two short Corinthian columns between them. Decorative details include consoles, paterae, an egg-and-dart astragal and a bracketed frieze. The street level has been altered with a modern aluminum storefront and stucco sign panels. Sanborn maps show a two-story building marked for demolition in 1889 and a vacant three-story building in 1895, so the present structure dates from about 1890-1895. By 1898 David Rothschild operated a wholesale dry goods, notions and clothing manufacturing business here, staying through 1912. A furniture company occupied it by 1914. The building is considered locally significant for its role in the Central Business District and as the only cast iron storefront in Columbus still used for its original commercial purpose.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Cast iron facade commercial building with Corinthian pilasters and columns","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as a commercial building in current use at the time of the survey; the street level has a modern aluminum storefront and two stucco sign panels that obscure parts of the original facade.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.196233-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001197.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206520","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134427772"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/rothschilds-david-wholesale-dry-goods-80001197/"}