High Uptown Historic District
Why it's listed
High Uptown is a neighborhood of historic houses and community buildings on Second and Third Avenues, just north of downtown Columbus, Georgia. It lies within the original city plan, and its avenues have wide rights-of-way, grassy borders, granite curbs and street trees. The district holds 39 contributing buildings, 24 of which were already listed individually or in a group listing. They range from the c. 1838 Peabody-Warner House, the earliest in the district, to a 1954 church administration building. Large high-style homes in Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Jacobethan styles sit on deep lots, some with carriage houses. Modest shotgun and cottage houses stand near the railroad tracks at the northern end. A brick Romanesque school from 1893 and a domed Methodist Tabernacle from 1912-13 serve as community landmarks. Because new construction and road projects have claimed many nearby houses, the district preserves what remains of the neighborhood's historic architecture and landscape. It was recognized locally for architecture and landscape architecture.
Significance in brief: The district is significant locally under Criterion C for architecture and landscape architecture. It preserves a concentration of high-style and vernacular houses in many styles, together with a school, a church and wide tree-lined avenues from the original city plan. It holds the remaining historic resources of the High Uptown neighborhood, much of which has been lost to demolition and new construction.
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 04000669, listed July 7, 2004. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by 2nd and 3rd Aves. between Railroad and 13th Sts., Columbus |
|---|---|
| County | Muscogee County |
| Listed | July 7, 2004 |
| Reference number | 04000669 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | C. 1838-1954 |
| Architect / builder | Henrietta Dozier (redesign of the Blackmar-Ellis House, c. 1900) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Colonial/Georgian Revival, Classical and Neoclassical Revival, Jacobethan Revival, Craftsman, and vernacular types such as Georgian cottage, shotgun and gabled ell |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Landscape Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Most buildings remain in use as houses, apartments, offices, a school or a church. The neighborhood is surrounded by new construction, and some houses have been lost or moved. |
| Acreage | 20 |
| Coordinates | 32.47411, -84.98945 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
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 04000669.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q55613719
- This listing as JSON
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