Columbus Historic District

This historic district in Columbus, Georgia, covers twenty blocks and nine partial blocks of the city's original plan, laid out in 1828 by surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas after Creek lands were cleared. Columbus was one of only four planned Georgia cities, and the district keeps that layout, including very wide streets. Broadway is 164 feet wide and still has its original brick paving, while other avenues are 132 feet wide and lined with rows of trees. Of roughly 612 structures, 187 were rated historically significant in a 1967 inventory. Architecture ranges from Georgian cottages to Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Italian Villa houses. The district's most notable feature is a large group of small frame houses with pyramidal roofs resting on front verandas, a type considered native to Columbus. Listed in 1969 while an urban renewal plan was pending, the district had its boundaries reduced in 1972.