Purcell-Killingsworth House
National Register of Historic Places

Purcell-Killingsworth House

Columbia, Houston County, Alabama
Listed
December 16, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
82001616

About this property

The Purcell–Killingsworth House, now the Garden Path Inn bed and breakfast, is a historic residence in Columbia, Alabama, United States. Also known as Traveler's Rest, it was completed in 1890 by William Henry Purcell (1845–1910), a prominent Columbia businessman and politician. Purcell's business interests included a steamboat landing on the Chattahoochee River. The bed and breakfast has three guestrooms. The Purcell House was also the boyhood home of Bishop Clare Purcell (1884–1964). In 1955 he was elected President of the Council of Bishops, the highest place of recognition ever achieved by a native-born Alabama Methodist minister. In 1946, the Purcell family sold the two acre homestead to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Killingsworth, who restored the Victorian mansion. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 1982. It is located on Main Street.

Location

Columbia, Houston County, Alabama
31.29715, -85.11107

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Purcell-Killingsworth House listed on the National Register?

Purcell-Killingsworth House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Purcell-Killingsworth House?

Purcell-Killingsworth House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Purcell-Killingsworth House is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1845.

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