Wynn House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

One of 141 National Register listings published here for Muscogee County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 1240 Wynnton Rd., Columbus, 31906
When was it listed? February 1972
Category. building
Census division. Columbus West
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 72000394 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Wynn House between 1992 and 2018, burning about 448 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Arson/incendiarism	27
Debris and open burning	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	ECR-20150905-001
3 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	9.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-MUSCOGEE-001
29 September 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	2406 SANDFORT RD., AL
22 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002	Smoking	34 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
1 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	ECR-20140901-002
29 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wynn House: 11 producers, 1 past producer. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Dixieland Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE	Producer	Placer
Bussey Pit	Clay	Producer
Cilla Mine	Clay	Producer
No. 1 Pit	Clay	Producer
No. 4 Mines	Clay	Past Producer
Woolfolk Mine	Clay	Producer
Dixieland Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kendrick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Phenix City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Phenix Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Storms near this property

60 of 111 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbus, the town this property stands in, in 111 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 55 thunderstorm wind, 36 hail, 6 flash flood, 4 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	1 killed, $5,000	Broadcast media and newspaper articles reported numerous trees and power lines down on the northeast side of Columbus, near the Lake Bottom area. A 57-year-old woman was killed when a tree limb fell on her in her back yard at the 1200 block of 16th Street.
March 1997	Tornado (F1)	Columbus	1 hurt, $750,000	no account filed
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	1 hurt, $300,000	The Columbus Ledger Enquirer newspaper, Columbus television station WTVM, as well as local emergency management officials reported widespread storm damage to much of the Historic District and surroundings areas of Columbus. The damage was caused by a strong gust front preceding a line of early morning thunderstorms. Wind gusts of 61 mph were measured by the ASOS unit at the Columbus airport, but winds were believed to have gusted to near 80 mph in the downtown Historic District of Columbus. Extensive and widespread damage occurred to trees, power lines, and structures throughout the Columbus area, particular in the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Brown Avenue areas. Martin Luther King Boulevard, as well as Columbus thoroughfares north of Victory Drive and south of Peachtree Mall, were strewn with fallen oaks, splintered pines, and other debris, temporarily blocking traffic. Damage consisted of 47 trees, some of which were very large, old oak trees, 17 power lines, and 20 traffic lights. One home was badly damaged when a large oak tree fell across the roof, barely missing the occupant sleeping inside. Damage was also reported at the Columbus RedStixx baseball park where the awning of the office was ripped off, 2 dugouts roofs were damaged, and 3 sets of bleachers were blown on to the playing field. In addition, a firefighter on his way to a call was injured when a power line junction box was blown down and through the window of his fire truck.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	1 hurt, $45,000	Numerous trees and power lines were down in Columbus. A gust to 69 mph was reported at the Columbus airport. At least 60,000 residents were without power. One person was injured in the storm. Several trees blocked roads. Three or four small planes were damaged at the Columbus airport.
April 2009	Tornado (EF1)	Columbus	$3,000,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF1 tornado, which initially touched down in Phenix City - Russell County, Alabama as an EF2 tornado at the intersection of Dillingham and Broad Streets, continued into Muscogee county, Georgia and the city of Columbus. The total tornado path was determined to be approximately four miles in length, two of which fell within Muscogee county, Georgia. The maximum path width was determined to be 250 yards with maximum winds estimated at 105 mph. Damage within Georgia was first observed at Columbus State University. Significant damage was observed to buildings and trees on the campus. The Old Rankin Building, an older building which had been converted to dormitories, suffered substantial damage. From this point, spotty tree, roof, and window damage was observed along the path of the tornado and it continued moving eastward. At the intersection of 13th Street and 13th Avenue, a small utility truck used at a nursery had been picked up and moved at least 25 feet and through a neighboring fence. Minor damage to displays, trees, and plants was also observed in the adjacent nursery. From here to where the tornado lifted near the intersection of Macon Road and Preston Drive in Columbus, hundreds of large mature oak trees were either snapped or uprooted through Lake Bottom Park and Hilton Avenue and Harding Drive. Extensive damage was observed to homes throughout this area, largely a result of the downed trees. Many power lines were down along the path of the tornado as well. Over 100 structures, including homes and businesses, suffered minor to moderate damage.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$250,000	The Columbus Ledger-Inquirer reported that at least 26 trees were blown down or uprooted around the city by thunderstorm winds. Several of these were large trees. Damage was reported to homes and vehicles in the area. Several large trees fell through mobile homes in the Pine Grove Mobile Home Park off Plateau Drive. A 40-50 foot branch fell through the back of one site-built home and another home was split in two by a large downed tree. The tree also damaged an adjacent vehicle. Several large trees were down in the city. Two trees were down on homes, one on Steam Mills Road, and several trees were down in yards. Up to 15,000 residents in the area lost power during the storm.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$225,000	The Muscogee county 911 center reported that over 17 reports of trees blown down were received from residents in the city of Columbus. The Columbus-Ledger Inquirer newspaper reported that one home in the historic district of Columbus was destroyed by a large tree that fell on the structure. Most of the homes damaged were on Schomberg Road, Mayo Drive, and Oates Avenue in Columbus. In addition, traffic lights and several power lines were also blown down. Other damage reports from the public included a tree down on a house causing damage and the side blown off a mobile home. Winds on the Columbus airport observation were measured at 39 knots, but most of the damage occurred in the city which is southeast of the airport. At least 3000 homes were left without power during the event.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$100,000	Numerous trees and power lines blown down in the East Highlands and Dinglewood areas of Columbus. A sign was also blown down and several glass bus stop shelters were blown over outside of the WRBL TV studios on 13th Street. Several businesses received minor damage and at least 3500 customers were without power for several hours.
January 2017	Flash Flood	Columbus	$50,000	The Ledger Enquirer reported isolated areas of street flooding in Columbus, a mudslide along the left bank of the Chattahoochee River near Bulldog Bait and Tackle, and flooding of streets in the Battle Park area. Several cars were stalled in flooded roadways, particularly along 13th Avenue. In total, 2.5 to 3.0 inches of rainfall occurred in a short period of time.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Columbus	$50,000	The Muscogee County Emergency Management Director, along with several calls from the public, reported that very heavy rain, up to five inches in the north central areas of the county, fell from thunderstorms between 10 am and noon EDT. Several roads in Columbus were flooded and impassable with water flowing over the roads. Several vehicles were stranded in the high water. Two homes were also flooded. One creek on the north side of Columbus was out of its banks and threatened another home and swimming pool.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Columbus	$50,000	The Muscogee county 911 center reported that several homes and business across the south end of the city were flooded. In one instance during the height of the storm, water rose of to the level of the doors on a county ambulance.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Columbus	$50,000	The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported that very heavy rain quickly forced the Holland Creek in Columbus to overflow its banks and cause damage to an adjacent sewer line. Damage was also reported as a result of flooding to the Columbus Convention & Trade Center expansion project, which was well under way.
May 1998	Lightning	Columbus	$40,000	Lightning struck the Whisperwood Apartments and caused smoke and fire damage to one apartment and minor smoke damage to another.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$30,000	The public reported that several homes sustained minor roof damage from strong thunderstorm winds. In addition, several street, highway signs, and even some traffic signals were blown down by strong winds. The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that at least ten trees were down in the south central part of the county from Columbus into the northern part of Fort Benning.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$30,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and a corrugated tin and steel beam wall of a building. The wall fell onto a parking lot, resulting in extensive damage.
June 2009	Heavy Rain	Columbus	$25,000	Columbus television stations reported that extensive street flooding was observed throughout the Columbus metropolitan area. A number of cars stalled out when people attempted to drive them through areas of high water.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$25,000	The Muscogee County Emergency Management Director reported that a number of large trees, several power lines, and even some traffic signals were down, especially in the city of Columbus. A couple of trees and power lines were also down on homes causing minor damage.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$25,000	The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that a thunderstorm downburst downed a number of trees throughout the western portion of the county, including much of the Columbus metropolitan area and the northern portions of Fort Benning. The storm tracked roughly along and just east of the Alabama state line. Several power lines were also down as a result of the downed trees and a few homes had also sustained minor structural damage as a result of downed trees. Nearly 4800 people in the Columbus area were left without power for several hours after the storm.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$25,000	The public and the Muscogee County 911 reported that numerous large trees were blown down in the city. The Walden Chase Apartments on Memorial Parkway in Columbus sustained considerable wind damage. The siding was damaged and shingles were blown off the roof.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$25,000	The Columbus Ledger - Enquirer reported that thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees as well as several large tree branches. One large tree fell on a home on Shannon Drive and another fell on power lines on Cherokee Avenue. At least 10,000 residents in the county were without power for part of the evening.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$25,000	The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and several reports from the public indicated that numerous trees were blown down in the Columbus and Upatoi area. In Columbus, several large trees were blown down, some landing on homes causing minor to major damage. Trees also blocked several roads in the area. In Upatoi, a few trees were blown down and a metal awning was blown off a bay window at a home. Some trees were also blown down and minor structural damage was noted east of Upatoi in extreme eastern Muscogee county near the Talbot county line and just west of Box Springs. During the peak of the storm, some 12,000 customers were without electricity across the northern portions of Muscogee county.
November 1997	Hail	Columbus	$25,000	Hail up to teacup size, shaped in a discus, was reported in Columbus. There were numerous reports of cars being damaged and store windows being knocked out because of the hail.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$20,000	Numerous trees down stretching from just northeast of downtown columbus towards the northeast to the offramp of columbus manchester expressway and county line rd.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$20,000	The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that at least five trees and two power lines were down across mainly the northern and eastern end of the county. One 45-50 foot 16-inch diameter tree was down across a sport utility vehicle at a private residence in the north part of Columbus. Several shingles were blown off a home in Green Island Hills near the Alabama border.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$16,000	The Muscogee County 911 Center reported about a dozen large trees blown down in Columbus, some onto power lines.
May 2006	Heavy Rain	Columbus	$15,000	The Columbus Ledger-Inquirer reported that very heavy rain, combined with wind gusts of 65 to 70 mph, caused a home in Columbus on Merle Avenue to become flooded with up to a foot of water. The water poured into the house through the windows and doors, largely a result of the combination of strong wind gusts and very heavy rain. In excess of two inches of rain fell throughout much of Muscogee county during the storm, much of which occurred in less than an hour.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$15,000	no account filed
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$15,000	no account filed
May 2010	Lightning	Columbus	$10,000	The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home in the Columbus area. No specific information pertaining to damages was provided. In addition, lightning took out power to several traffic signals in the city of Columbus.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$10,000	The public reported that several trees and power lines were blown down from the downtown area to the northeast part of the city near U.S. Highway 80. Several cars were blown off Interstate-185 northeast of Columbus. Wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated in this area.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$10,000	Numerous trees reported down in Columbus.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees which were a foot or larger in diameter. These downed trees caused damage to a porch on one house and roof damage to another. Several powerlines were also reported downed throughout the county.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$10,000	no account filed
March 1996	Hail	Columbus	$10,000	no account filed
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$7,000	The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that several large trees and power lines were down or uprooted across Columbus and the suburbs on the north side of Columbus.
January 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$7,000	A meteorologist with a local Columbus TV station reported that strong straight-lined winds, and possibly a microburst, associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms caused damage to the roof of a dermatologist's office, blew down several trees, and damaged the Columbus Welcome Sign on Interstate 185.
February 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$6,000	The local broadcast media and the public reported trees and power lines blown down from the Tsys campus to around the intersection of Macon Road and Auburn Avenue.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	Columbus TV Station Channel 9 reported that a number of trees were either split or uprooted by strong thunderstorm winds in an area 10-20 city blocks wide. Most of the damage was in the Country Club area at Cherokee Avenue.
August 2003	Lightning	Columbus	$5,000	The Muscogee county 911 center reported that lightning struck a tree near a house. The tree subsequently fell on the house causing damage to the structure.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	The Mucsogee county 911 center reported that numerous trees and power lines were down.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	A few windows were broken and a couple of awnings were ripped down due to strong wind in downtown Columbus.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	A few trees were blown down in the city of Columbus.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines knocked down and two traffic lights blown over in the city of Columbus.
October 1998	Hail	Columbus	$5,000	Quarter to plum sized hail was reported north of the city of Columbus.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	Several trees were blown down across the city.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	Several trees were blown down in Columbus.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	Trees were down in the north part of the city.
February 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$5,000	Several large trees downed power lines which caused power outages along Airport Thruway in Columbus.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$4,000	The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that four trees and five power lines were down on the north side of Columbus.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$3,000	The Muscogee county 911 center reported that numerous trees were blown down across the city.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$3,000	An amateur radio operator reported that some power lines were down in Columbus.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$3,000	Trees and power lines were down along Moye Road in the southern part of the county.
March 1997	Hail	Columbus	$3,000	no account filed
July 1998	Hail	Columbus	$2,000	Quarter size hail was reported in Columbus.
November 1997	Hail	Columbus	$2,000	Dime size hail was reported in Columbus.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree across power lines on Miller Road east of the airport. A large tree top fell along Warm Springs Road at the east end of airport. At least 12,000 customers were without power for a short time.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$1,500	The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that at least three trees were down around Columbus. Doppler radar data suggested that a downburst likely occurred from Columbus southeast toward North Fort Benning in the southeast part of the county.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$1,500	The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that four to five trees were blown down across the northwest part of the county, including the northern areas of Columbus.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$1,000	The local broadcast media reported a tree blown down in Columbus along 13th Street between 17th and 18th Avenues.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus	$1,000	A report of a tree blown down on Carter Avenue was received over social media.

Every storm recorded in Muscogee County

Newspapers printed here

4 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 1 issue, 4 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
Columbus Chronicle	1895 to 1900

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Wynnton Academy	under 500 feet	1972
Old Dawson Place	under 500 feet	1979
Wynn's Hill-Overlook-Oak Circle Historic District	0.2 miles	2005
Dinglewood	0.2 miles	1972
Dinglewood Historic District	0.3 miles	2001
Building at 920 Ninth Avenue	0.4 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 72000394 in Record Group 79.
Muscogee County	All 141 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.