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The Stephen D. Lee Home, located at 316 Seventh Street North, was completed in 1847 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Circa 1848
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
305 Seventh Street South
(662) 328-5413
This house has been occupied by seven generations of the original builder,
Major Amzi Love. It is an Italiante cottage with a combination of Greek
Revival and Gothic architecture. The original kitchen was attached to the
house in 1920. The out-buildings, consisting of the smokehouse and dairy,
are still standing.
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Circa 1835
406 Third Avenue North
(662) 574-2790
This grand house was built in 1835 for Mr. Pascal Wade,
a prominent citizen of Columbus. The house was built of
locally produced brick. The pedimented portico is supported
by huge, square columns, calling attention to its vast structural
strength. The original house contained only four rooms which was
customary at that time. The kitchen was located in a separate
building in the back yard. The home beautifully displays an outstanding
collection of artwork from the Asia, Latin America, Africa and the
United States.
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Circa 1838
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
506 4th Street South
(662) 574-2036
Known for its fine mill-work, this Italianate two-story house features
the original cypress beams and heart-pine flooring. The house was
named for William Sullivan Barry and his wife Sarah. Barry, a
Yale law graduate, was a speaker of the Mississippi House of
Representatives, a U.S. Congressman and President of the 1860
Secession Convention.
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Circa 1848
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
822 Stinson Creek Road
Traditional Southern Antebellum Architecture is beautifully captured
by Bryn Bella. Built in 1848 by the William Cox family and designed
by James Lull, this stately home boasts heart-pine floors, jib windows
that access the multiple porches, and grand top and bottom hallways.
Built with hospitality and fresh country breezes in mind, Bryn Bella,
once a 5,000 acre plantation, is a lovely reminder of when “Cotton was
King”.
Restoration Award- Historic Columbus
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Circa 1840
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
620 2nd Street South
Colonnade Garden is typical of the 1860’s, featuring a boxwood maze,
pleasure garden, formal area with fountains, kitchen and herb garden,
fruits and berries. Walk through to enjoy the flowers blooming in the
footprints of each gardener who lived there in the past.
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Circa 1848
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
216 3rd Avenue South
Built in the 1840s, Errolton boasts double parlors with original twin pier
mirrors which reflect the beautiful chandeliers into infinity. The original
wrought iron fence embossed by the builder Williams B. Weaver, stands
regally in front of the home.
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Founded 1821
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
MISSISSIPPI LANDMARK
501 Third Avenue North
(662) 241-7151
Franklin Academy is Mississippi’s first public school, and has been in
continuous operation since 1821. The current building, constructed in
1938, is the fourth one on the site.
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Circa 1849
Fourth Street South and 15th Avenue South
(800) 327-2686
Founded in May 1849, the cemetery was the site of the first Memorial Day
Celebration in 1866.
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Circa 1850
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
510 7th Street North
Martha Williams Battle Fort owned this home from 1833 to 1877.
With more than twenty rooms and 9,700 square feet, it was an ideal
venue for many parties and social gatherings. The Fort House is an
example of “Columbus Eclectic” design, a combination of Greek
Revival, Gothic Revival and Italianate architecture. Jib windows
open from the parlors onto identical front and side porticos.
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Circa 1843
NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT
315 3rd Avenue North
Built by Isaac Williams and his brother, Thomas, both of whom,
were “free men of color” from South Carolina. Isaac as a laborer
and Thomas was a blacksmith; both were considered prosperous
and had their own blacksmith shop on the corner of the property.
This raised cottage is reinforced with handmade bricks, and its chimneys
still stand perfectly straight after over 150 years. The broad, low-gable
roof is typical of South Carolina low-country architecture.
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Circa 1902
810 Highland Circle
A “robber baron” styled mansion, Highland House was built in the
early 1900s. W. S. Lindamood built his brick home on the site of
an earlier home that was burned down by a jealous housekeeper
who was in love with him.
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Circa 1840
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
824 7th Street North
This home has been in the Leigh family since the mid-1800s. Leighcrest
was originally part of a 1,000 acre estate. The homes’ gardens are among
the few remaining examples of typical old Southern gardens laid out in
a “parterre” arrangement. Steps lead to the terraced grounds, where walkways
wind through the haven.
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Circa 1847
505 2nd Avenue North
The Mississippi Legislature met here after Jackson, the state capital, fell
to the Union during the Civil War. It was designed by local architect
James Lull, and remodeled by R.H. Hunt in 1905.
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Circa 1835
904 7th Avenue North
Built by Joseph Sykes, this home is a combination of Greek
Revival and Italianate architecture. Originally, the property
extended over an entire city block.
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Circa 1856
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
523 9th Street South
This home is considered on of the finest examples of Italianate architecture
in Mississippi. Rosedale’s colorful, design-perfect interior is often the
subject of articles and reviews. The home has recently undergone
extensive restoration.
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Circa 1835
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
719 Seventh Street North
(662) 328-7313 or (662) 364-0705 or call the
Tennessee Williams Welcome Center-(662) 328-0222
Open Monday - Saturday by appointment.
Available for garden receptions.
This home reigns over four-and-a-half acres of landscaped lawn which
includes three thousand boxwoods. Like many homes in Columbus, it
was built on a hill because low places were considered unhealthy.
Rosewood Manor was built for a Yankee bride who would not
occupy it; she said vapors were unhealthy, and returned North.
Rosewood Manor has a Greek Revival façade with a Federal influence.
Open Monday - Saturday by appointment. Available for garden receptions.
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Circa 1848
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
1024 College Street
Fluted Columns tower over the grand portico of this charming Greek
Revival mansion with its Gothic and Italianate details. Shadowlawn
houses many wonderful Victorian collections including novelty clocks,
calling card receivers and aesthetic silver and silver-plate. It is an
excellent example of the Antebellum and early Victorian lifestyles.
Beautifully restored in 2001, this historic home is now a Bed and Breakfast.
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Circa 1854
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
906 3rd Avenue North
Built for James Whitfield, Governor of Mississippi, Jefferson Davis was a
guest in this home during his campaign for the U.S. Senate. It is designed
around an octagonal center hall. The rooms opening off the hall are square
with triangular closets. Its seven porches are reached by jib windows which
open out at the bottom to serve as doors.
National Register of Historic Places
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Circa 1837
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
MISSISSIPPI LANDMARK
515 Ninth Street North
(800) 920-3533
Temple Heights is one of the state’s best examples of period restoration. The
classically-designed house combines Federal and Greek Revival features.
The original servant quarters/kitchen as well as a kitchen built in the
1850s remain on the grounds. Temple Heights has been featured in The
Magazine Antiques and on HGTV’s “Old Homes Restored.”Open Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment.
Available for meetings and receptions.
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