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Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District

Historic district in Columbus, Georgia, US - a US National Landmark. Added to the National Register in 1978, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 197818 contributing buildings
Front Avenue Industrial District, Front Avenue between Eighth and Fourteenth Streets, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA HAER GA,108-COLM,20- (sheet 1 of 13)Front Avenue Industrial District, Front Avenue between Eighth and Fourteenth Streets, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA HAER GA,108-COLM,20- (sheet 10 of 13)Front Avenue Industrial District, Front Avenue between Eighth and Fourteenth Streets, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA HAER GA,108-COLM,20- (sheet 11 of 13)Front Avenue Industrial District, Front Avenue between Eighth and Fourteenth Streets, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA HAER GA,108-COLM,20- (sheet 12 of 13)
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What it is

Wikipedia · Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District

The Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District encompasses one of the most significant assemblages of 19th-century waterpowered mill technology in the American South. A National Historic Landmark District, it includes five historic industrial complexes with elements surviving as far back as the 1830s, located in four separate areas along the eastern bank of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeHistoric district
AddressColumbus River from 8th St. N. to 38th St., Columbus, GA
CountyMuscogee County
ListedJun 2, 1978
Reference number78000995
Type of placehistoric district
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources18 buildings, 4 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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AddressColumbus River from 8th St. N. to 38th St., Columbus, GA
Coordinates32.49693, -84.99324 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitTuskegee Airmen National Historic Site · 40 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBluff Creek 22 mi · R Shaefer Heard Day Use 31 mi · Eagleview Park 31 mi
A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 78000995. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.