{"nrhp_refnum":"83003598","name":"Waverly Terrace","other_names":["NR Control No. 0228800634"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Hamilton Rd., Peabody Ave., 27th and 30th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.48789913200005,"lon":-84.9785584696908,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Waverly Terrace is an early-twentieth-century planned residential suburb about a mile and a half north-northeast of downtown Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, covering roughly 45 acres. It was laid out in 1906 by the Jordan Company on land owned by G. Gunby Jordan.","why_significant":"The district is an intact local example of a planned streetcar suburb, with utilities, street layout and design controls typical of Georgia suburban developments. It holds a representative collection of middle-class houses, mainly Craftsman/Bungalow and Spanish Mission, including work by architect Thomas W. Smith. It also contains the Secondary Industrial School, a pioneering vocational school, and the Waverly Terrace School.","narrative":"Waverly Terrace is a planned residential suburb in the highlands of Columbus, Georgia, about a mile and a half north-northeast of downtown. Industrialist G. Gunby Jordan deeded his Waverly Farm to the Jordan Company in 1904, and a final survey in 1906 set out the present gridiron of streets. Water, sewer and electric lines were installed when the streets were graded, and streetcars connected the neighborhood to downtown. Most houses date from 1906 to 1929 and are one to two stories, chiefly Craftsman/Bungalow, with some Spanish Mission, late Victorian, Neoclassical and Georgian Revival influences. Front porches, terraced yards with low retaining walls, street trees, stone curbs and concrete sidewalks give the area a consistent character. Architect Thomas W. Smith designed the Waverly Terrace School, the Congregational Church, his own home and other houses. The district also contains the 1906 Secondary Industrial School, an early vocational education institution, and was home to many of the city's middle-class professionals, managers and tradesmen.","period_of_significance":"1906-1929","architect_builder":"Multiple; architect Thomas W. Smith; contractors J.T. Harwell, Frank Smith, Butts Lumber Company, Williams Lumber Company","architectural_style":"Craftsman/Bungalow, with Spanish Mission, late Victorian, Neoclassical and Georgian Revival influences","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Mostly occupied private residences, plus a church, an elementary school and a high school. One recent apartment building and a few non-historic homes are non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.166172-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83003598.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003598/3ffa11e15c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003598/3ffa11e15c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waverly_Terrace_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waverly_Terrace_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209150","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141796187"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/waverly-terrace-83003598/"}