Building at 920 Ninth Avenue
Why it's listed
Built around 1900, this one-story brick warehouse at 920 9th Avenue sits in an industrial part of Columbus, Georgia, close to the city's rail terminals. It has a wood truss roof, a low-pitched roofline with rooftop vents for air circulation, and canopies over loading docks fitted with double strap-hinged doors. Simple brick pilasters and arched windows with brick hood moulding are its only ornament, and the windows are paired 4/4 double-hung sash alongside smaller single 1/1 sash. The building does not appear on the 1889 or 1895 Sanborn insurance maps, and it first shows up in the 1946 city directory, when Dan Joseph Co., a food brokerage, occupied it. By 1947 Fibertex Products, a maker of seat covers, shared the space. Its significance rests on its role in local history, as a place to hold freight moving in and out of the rail terminals and nearby industries, and on its architecture as a well kept example of an early twentieth-century warehouse.
Significance in brief: The warehouse is considered significant for local history because it was built close to Columbus rail terminals and local industries to temporarily store incoming and outgoing freight. It is also significant architecturally as a well maintained example of this type of warehouse built in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 80001142, listed September 29, 1980. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 920 Ninth Ave., Columbus |
|---|---|
| County | Muscogee County |
| Listed | September 29, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80001142 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Industrial warehouse |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Social History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Described as in good condition and well maintained; current use is warehouse. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 32.46265, -84.98016 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 80001142.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q134400515
- This listing as JSON
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