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Mott House
Photo: L. D. Andrew, Photographer enlarged Photographed by Harold Bush-Brown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · tap to enlarge
National Register of Historic Places

Mott House

Also known as Fieldcrest Mills,Inc.

On the National Register since 197452 years
Listed 1974Columbus
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Mott House

Mott House, at Front Ave., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 3, 1974. The Register lists it for its commerce, architecture and social history, at the local level. The listing covers 1 acre. Ten more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isListed on the NRHP in 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 · 30 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

Front Ave., Columbus · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Mott HouseStart here
  2. 2City Fire DepartmentBungalow · next door
  3. 3Triangle BuildingRenaissance Revival · next door
  4. 4Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church SouthGreek Revival · next door
  5. 5Silver's Five and Dime Store-H.L. Green Co.Commercial Style · next door
Around it

60 more Register listings within half a mile

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

BC.B. Tarver BuildingCommercial Style0.2 miBRankin HouseLate Georgian0.2 miBGarrett-Bullock HouseQueen Anne0.2 miBErnest Woodruff HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBWoodruff, Henry Lindsay, Second HouseRichardsonian Romanesque0.2 miBPeabody-Warner HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBLedger-Enquirer BuildingMediterranean0.3 miBColumbian Lodge No. 7 Free and Accepted MasonsChicago Commercial0.3 miBColumbus Investment Company BuildingNeo-Classical Revival0.3 miBLewis-Rothchild BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miB1238 Professional BuildingBuilding0.3 miBLion HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBBuilding at 1400 Third AvenueNeo-Georgian0.3 miBGeorge Phillips HouseClassical Revival0.3 miBCargill, Walter HurtGeorgian Revival · Built 19180.3 miBPhenix City Post Office BuildingBuilding0.3 miBBullard-Hart HouseSecond Empire0.3 miBJohn Paul Illges HouseEclectic0.3 mi
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DHigh Uptown Historic DistrictGreek Revival0.3 miBIllges HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBElisha P. Dismukes HouseLate Victorian0.3 miBBuilding at 1519 3rd AvenueEclectic · Built 19080.3 miBWm. L. Cooke HouseGeorgian Revival0.3 miBBuilding at 1531 3rd AvenueClassical Revival0.3 miBHenry Lindsay Woodruff HouseVictorian0.3 miBMcGehee-Woodall HouseBuilding0.3 miBGann's PharmacyVictorian Classical0.3 miBFontaine BuildingEclectic0.4 miBReich Dry Goods CompanyArt Moderne0.4 miBPower and Baird, Wholesale Dry Goods and NotionsClassical Revival0.4 miBKressNeo-Classical Commercial0.4 miBTrinity Episcopal ChurchGothic Revival · Built 18910.4 miBHofflin & Greentree BuildingGeorgian Revival0.4 miBU.S. Post Office and CourthouseSecond Renaissance Revival0.4 miBRalston HotelBuilding0.4 miBThomas V. Butts HouseEclectic0.4 miBSwift-Kyle HouseGreek Revival0.4 miBDavid Rothschild HouseSecond Empire0.4 miBSixteenth Street SchoolRoman Classical Revival0.4 miBMethodist TabernacleClassical Revival0.4 miBIsaac Maund HouseVictorian Cottage0.4 miBBuilding at 1612 3rd AvenueGreek Revival0.4 miBBuilding at 1617 Third AvenueVictorian · Built 18890.4 miBBuilding at 1619 Third AvenueVictorian · Built 18890.4 miBBuilding at 1625 Third AvenueGreek Revival0.4 miBBuilding at 1009 BroadwayVictorian Commercial0.5 miBCarter and Bradley, Cotton Factors and WarehousemanIndustrial0.5 miDRankin SquareDistrict0.5 miBBush-Philips Hardware Co.Classical Revival0.5 miBRothschild's, David, Wholesale Dry GoodsCommercial0.5 miBY.M.C.A.Classical Revival0.5 miBJohn T. Fletcher HouseVictorian0.5 miBHarrison-Gibson HouseVictorian Gothic · Built 18960.5 miBW. Jacob Burrus HouseBungalow0.5 miBBuilding at 303 11th St.Classical Revival0.5 miBFirst Presbyterian ChurchRomanesque0.5 miBChurch SquareClassical Revival0.5 miBChurch of the Holy FamilyGothic Revival · Built 18770.5 miBSt. John ChapelVictorian0.5 miDLower Twentieth Street Residential Historic DistrictVictorian Cottage0.5 mi

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Questions about Mott House

Is Mott House on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Dec 3, 1974 (Register number 74000698).

Is Mott House a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Georgia has 51 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Springer Opera House, 0.6 miles away.

Can you visit Mott House?

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 Mott House?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 30 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 93209114 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.