National Register of Historic Places

Butts, Thomas V., House

Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Listed
September 28, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80001146

About this property

The Thomas U. Butts House, at 1214 3rd Ave. in Columbus, Georgia, was built in 1896 and was extensively renovated into Prairie School style in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a two-story balloon frame house with a clay tile hipped roof and two exterior chimneys. Originally showing a weatherboarded exterior, the house's 1928 renovation covered the weatherboarding with brick laid in stretcher bond. It has a central entrance with a Classical Revival-styled porch. It was built for W. I. Struppa, a purser who lived there until 1904. It was sold in 1908 to Thomas Usher Butts, "a wizard of the lumber business", who raised his family there; descendants occupied the home until 1959. Its National Register listing was within a batch of numerous Columbus properties determined to be eligible consistent with a 1980 study of historic resources in Columbus.

Location

1214 3rd Ave.
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
32.46924, -84.98895

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When was Butts, Thomas V., House listed on the National Register?

Butts, Thomas V., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 1980.

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Butts, Thomas V., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Butts, Thomas V., House is recorded as the industrial era.

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