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National Register of Historic Places

Church Square

Also known as Church Square (including First Baptist Church of Columbus)

On the National Register since 198046 years

Classical RevivalListed 1980Columbus

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About Church Square

Church Square, at Roughly bounded by 2nd and 3rd Aves., 11th and 12th Sts., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 2, 1980. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Classical Revival, as it does for 173 other Georgia listings. It was listed as part of Columbus MRA. The listing covers 4 acres. 26 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isCity block in Columbus, Georgia. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 11 MB · National Archives↗

Through the years

1900 to today

1900Postcard of First Baptist Church
1980Added to the National Register of Historic Places
2026On the Register for 46 years

In old photographs

An old view of Church Square

Postcards and photographs from Columbus’s archive whose captions name it, from 1900. Tap one to see it full screen.

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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

Roughly bounded by 2nd and 3rd Aves., 11th and 12th Sts., Columbus · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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Around it

82 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BY.M.C.A.Classical Revival0.1 mi BColumbus High SchoolGeorgian Revival0.1 mi BFirst Presbyterian ChurchRomanesque0.1 mi BTrinity Episcopal ChurchGothic Revival · Built 18910.1 mi BChurch of the Holy FamilyGothic Revival · Built 18770.1 mi BU.S. Post Office and CourthouseSecond Renaissance Revival0.1 mi BColumbian Lodge No. 7 Free and Accepted MasonsChicago Commercial0.1 mi BRalston HotelBuilding0.1 mi BLewis-Rothchild BuildingClassical Revival0.1 mi BThomas V. Butts HouseEclectic0.1 mi BSwift-Kyle HouseGreek Revival0.1 mi BDavid Rothschild HouseSecond Empire0.1 mi BBuilding at 944 Second AvenueGreek Revival0.2 mi ★Springer Opera HouseVictorian · Built 18710.2 mi BMax Rosenberg HouseVictorian Cottage0.2 mi BGirard Colored MissionVictorian Gothic Revival0.2 mi DRankin SquareDistrict0.2 mi BPower and Baird, Wholesale Dry Goods and NotionsClassical Revival0.2 mi

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BKressNeo-Classical Commercial0.2 mi BHofflin & Greentree BuildingGeorgian Revival0.2 mi BColumbus Investment Company BuildingNeo-Classical Revival0.2 mi B1238 Professional BuildingBuilding0.2 mi BBuilding at 221 Ninth StreetGreek Revival0.3 mi BGeorge O. Berry HouseClassical Revival0.3 mi BCharles E. Turner HouseVictorian Cottage0.3 mi BBuilding at 921 Fifth AvenueGreek Revival0.3 mi BGeorge Pond HouseLate Victorian Eclectic0.3 mi BMcArdle HouseVictorian Gothic0.3 mi BJohn Spencer Roberts HouseGreek Revival0.3 mi BWilliam H. Denson HouseEastlake0.3 mi BAbraham Lafkowitz HouseEastlake0.3 mi BFirst National BankItalian Renaissance0.3 mi BFrank BrothersLate Victorian Commercial0.3 mi BCole-Hatcher-Hampton Wholesale GrocersLate Victorian0.3 mi BWolfson Printing and Paper Co.Late Victorian Commercial0.3 mi BBuilding at 1007 BroadwayVictorian Commercial0.3 mi BBuilding at 1009 BroadwayVictorian Commercial0.3 mi BCarter and Bradley, Cotton Factors and WarehousemanIndustrial0.3 mi BBush-Philips Hardware Co.Classical Revival0.3 mi BRothschild's, David, Wholesale Dry GoodsCommercial0.3 mi BFontaine BuildingEclectic0.3 mi BReich Dry Goods CompanyArt Moderne0.3 mi BGolden Brothers, Founders and MachinstsBuilding0.3 mi BColumbus Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyBuilding0.3 mi BLedger-Enquirer BuildingMediterranean0.3 mi BDepot Business BuildingsVictorian0.3 mi BC.B. Tarver BuildingCommercial Style0.3 mi BSilver's Five and Dime Store-H.L. Green Co.Commercial Style0.3 mi BLion HouseGreek Revival0.3 mi BBroad Street Methodist Episcopal Church SouthGreek Revival0.3 mi BTriangle BuildingRenaissance Revival0.3 mi BRankin HouseLate Georgian0.3 mi BGarrett-Bullock HouseQueen Anne0.3 mi BBuilding at 1400 Third AvenueNeo-Georgian0.3 mi BJoseph HouseGreek Revival0.4 mi BSol Loeb Building-Garrett-Joy BuildingBuilding0.4 mi BSt. Christoper's Normal and Industrial Parish SchoolRomanesque Revival0.4 mi BFirst African Baptist ChurchGothic Revival0.4 mi BFirst African Baptist Church ParsonageVictorian0.4 mi BColumbus IronworksBuilding0.4 mi BColumbus StockadeRenaissance Revival0.4 mi BCentral of Georgia Railroad TerminalVictorian Romanesque0.4 mi BCentral of Georgia Railroad TerminalSecond Empire0.4 mi BSouthern Railway Freight DepotBuilding0.4 mi BCity Fire DepartmentBungalow0.4 mi BGeorge Phillips HouseClassical Revival0.4 mi BErnest Woodruff HouseGreek Revival0.4 mi BCargill, Walter HurtGeorgian Revival · Built 19180.4 mi BBullard-Hart HouseSecond Empire0.4 mi BWoodruff, Henry Lindsay, Second HouseRichardsonian Romanesque0.4 mi BJohn Paul Illges HouseEclectic0.4 mi DHigh Uptown Historic DistrictGreek Revival0.4 mi BIllges HouseGreek Revival0.4 mi BWilliam Henry Spencer HouseClassical Revival0.5 mi BGertrude Ma Pridgett Rainey HouseBungalow/Craftsman0.5 mi BMott HouseBuilding0.5 mi BPeabody-Warner HouseGreek Revival0.5 mi BSt. John ChapelVictorian0.5 mi BElisha P. Dismukes HouseLate Victorian0.5 mi BBuilding at 1519 3rd AvenueEclectic · Built 19080.5 mi BWm. L. Cooke HouseGeorgian Revival0.5 mi BBuilding at 1531 3rd AvenueClassical Revival0.5 mi

More like it

Classical Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Classical Revival.

Bush-Philips Hardware Co.0.3 mi away

Old Dawson Place1 mi away

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Questions about Church Square

Is Church Square on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Dec 2, 1980 (Register number 80001151).

Is Church Square a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Georgia has 51 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Springer Opera House, 0.2 miles away.

Can you visit Church Square?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Church Square?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 11 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 93206436 · Wikidata · old views from Columbus’s archive. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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