{"nrhp_refnum":"80001212","name":"Woodruff, Ernest, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1414 2nd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47300001000008,"lon":-84.99014501799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Greek Revival cottage at 1414 2nd Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built about 1888-1889, probably for Ernest Woodruff.","why_significant":"The house is significant for local history as a home of several members of the Woodruff family, who were prominent in Columbus and Atlanta. Ernest Woodruff lived here while associated with the family-run Empire Mills, and his son Robert Winship Woodruff, later a major Coca-Cola figure and philanthropist, was born here. It lies in what was once the elite High Uptown neighborhood.","narrative":"Built around 1888-1889, this one-story Greek Revival cottage at 1414 2nd Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, sits on a raised foundation beneath a low hip roof with two interior chimneys. A full-width porch with a flat roof is carried on Corinthian columns with a full entablature, and a turned-pillar balustrade runs along its edge. The symmetrical weatherboard facade has a central door flanked by two large windows, and the interior follows a variation of the center-hall plan with a later rear addition. The house was in the once-elite High Uptown neighborhood. It is tied to the Woodruff family. Ernest Woodruff, probably its first resident, worked with the family's Empire Mills and later became president of the Atlanta Railway and Power Company and a Coca-Cola director. His son Robert Winship Woodruff, born here in December 1889, became a leading philanthropist and Coca-Cola executive. George Waldo Woodruff, Ernest's father and a mill superintendent, also lived here.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival cottage","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in generally good repair; current use is rental property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.512189-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001212.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/93206544","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134438469"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/woodruff-ernest-house-80001212/"}