{"nrhp_refnum":"88002048","name":"Columbus Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Columbus Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Ninth and Fourth Sts., Chattahoochee River and Fourth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.458178823000054,"lon":-84.9922679349855,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic residential district in the southwest part of Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, laid out under the 1828 city plan by Edward Lloyd Thomas. This 1988 amendment enlarges the district originally listed in 1969 to 166 acres and about 390 buildings.","why_significant":"The district is the largest grouping of historic properties in Columbus and preserves the largely intact 1828 gridiron city plan. It contains nearly the full range of 19th- and early 20th-century American house styles, wide tree-lined avenues and Broadway with its median. It was the first district in Georgia listed through regular nomination procedures.","narrative":"Covering 166 acres in southwest Columbus, this district is the city's largest concentration of historic buildings. About 390 buildings, mostly houses, stand on a gridiron of wide avenues and cross streets first drawn in 1828 by surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas. Broadway, the main street, has a landscaped median, brick paving and the district's largest houses. Homes range from modest cottages and shotguns to mansions and include Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne and Craftsman examples, along with an antebellum octagon house. Small neighborhood stores, churches, an 1902 Romanesque school and the Columbus Iron Works complete the mix. Fifteen houses moved here to avoid demolition are counted as contributing. The 1988 amendment enlarged the district from 75 to 166 acres using a 1986-87 survey and set its period of significance at 1828 to 1938. The district was valued for its history and its architecture, and for its role in Georgia preservation.","period_of_significance":"1828-1938","architect_builder":"Thomas, Edward Lloyd (surveyor, 1828 city plan)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Octagon, Italianate, Mansard, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake, Romanesque, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current uses include single and multiple dwellings, businesses, civic and religious uses; the Columbus Iron Works complex has been converted to a trade and convention center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.77461-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/88002048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002048/2699e622c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002048/2699e622c7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Related names: Walton, James A; Walton, Robert O; Hunt, William P; Butts, Joseph O; Butts, Kate; Butts, Jesse B; Butts, A J; Butts, William; Butts, Chappell; Abbott; Alexander, Robert B; Alexander, Ann Marie; Ruse, John C; Merry, Joseph N; Gunby, M; Rooney, Lawrence; McGehee, Virginia Ethel; Woodall, Clyde; Woodall, William Clyde; Swift, Edward W; Davis, Robert; Williams, George; Williams, Sallie; Bedell, James W; Bedell, Leila; Albrecht, William; Albrecht, Fannie; Camp, William; Camp, Jennie; Swift, Alma; Pou, Joseph F; Pou, Hettie; Chiple, George W; Chipleq, Artie; Columbus Power Company; Columbus Transportation Company; Williams Tractor Company; Bill Russell Ford Company; Meiremore, John Dawson; Masterbuilt Manufacturing Company; Georgia Department of Transportation; Kermes, Becky, historian; D'Avino, Gail A, historian; Churchill, Cherie, photographer; Hall, Andrew, photographer","credit_html":"Related names: Walton, James A; Walton, Robert O; Hunt, William P; Butts, Joseph O; Butts, Kate; Butts, Jesse B; Butts, A J; Butts, William; Butts, Chappell; Abbott; Alexander, Robert B; Alexander, Ann Marie; Ruse, John C; Merry, Joseph N; Gunby, M; Rooney, Lawrence; McGehee, Virginia Ethel; Woodall, Clyde; Woodall, William Clyde; Swift, Edward W; Davis, Robert; Williams, George; Williams, Sallie; Bedell, James W; Bedell, Leila; Albrecht, William; Albrecht, Fannie; Camp, William; Camp, Jennie; Swift, Alma; Pou, Joseph F; Pou, Hettie; Chiple, George W; Chipleq, Artie; Columbus Power Company; Columbus Transportation Company; Williams Tractor Company; Bill Russell Ford Company; Meiremore, John Dawson; Masterbuilt Manufacturing Company; Georgia Department of Transportation; Kermes, Becky, historian; D'Avino, Gail A, historian; Churchill, Cherie, photographer; Hall, Andrew, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detailed_view_of_the_south_lawn_of_the_Swift_House,_facing_north._-_High_Uptown_Neighborhood,_Second_Avenue_from_1523_to_1645,_Columbus,_Muscogee_County,_GA_HABS_GA,108-COLM,42-23.tif"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"69000045","name":"Columbus Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/columbus-historic-district-69000045/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209076","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Historic_District_(Columbus,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5150056"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/columbus-historic-district-boundary-increase-88002048/"}