St. Christopher's Normal & Industrial Parish School, 900 Fifth Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA,108-COLM,36-, with a 398-word written history.
“Architecture: This annex is an example of school architecture in the black community at the beginning of the century.”
Written record, HABS GA,108-COLM,36- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA,108-COLM,36- · the record runs 398 words · one of 52 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA,108-COLM,36-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
Architecture: This annex is an example of school architecture in the black community at the beginning of the century. Extremely simple in design, it suggests that functionalism was used as a financial necessity to create a school to teach local black residents. Education: This building is significant for educational reasons, as it served as an early church-affiliated school (which was apparently private) in Columbus' black community.
Description: Romanesque Revival; two stories, rectangular flat roof, brick laid in common bond, composition roof; front facade details consist of rounded arch lintel windows with radiating voussoir, string courses of corbelled brick between first and second floor, and second floor and stepped parapet; one-story porch over central entrance has round arch, radiating voussoir opening with crenelated parapet. Situated among Victorian and Greek Revival residences and c. commercial buildings; landscaping consists of grass and shrubbery; fair condition. History: This structure was built in on a lot purchased earlier by St. Christopher's Episcopal Church. Episcopal Bishop C. Kinlock Nelson, of Atlanta, and local black rector J. Stewart Braithwaite were instrumental in establishing the school.
The school stopped operating about but the church continued until Intended to be only a school for blacks, it also functioned for much of its history as a church or mission. In later years, the First African Baptist Church (which is located just across the street) purchased the property and converted the building into a child care center.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA,108-COLM,36-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
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| Columbus, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Muscogee County, Georgia | 69 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Columbus building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle & Phenix Mills | HAER GA,108-COLM,17- | 20,282 words | |
| Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee | HAER GA,108-COLM,16- | 17,132 words | |
| City Mills Company | HAER GA,108-COLM,19- | 11,159 words | |
| Bibb Company (Columbus Plant) | HAER GA,108-COLM,27- | 10,654 words | |
| Columbus Iron Works | HAER GA,108-COLM,22- | 10,527 words | |
| Fort Benning | HABS GA-2435 | 7,967 words | |
| Columbus Railroad Company | HAER GA,108-COLM,18- | 7,098 words | |
| Hydroelectric Power Development North Highlands | HAER GA,108-COLM,25- | 5,087 words | |
| Muscogee Manufacturing Company | HAER GA,108-COLM,2- | 4,852 words | |
| High Uptown Neighborhood | HABS GA,108-COLM,42- | 4,781 words | |
| Fourteenth Street Bridge | HAER GA-61 | 2,479 words | |
| Buena Vista Road Bridge | HAER GA-143 | 2,086 words | |
| Columbus Manufacturing Company | HAER GA,108-COLM,26- | 1,671 words | |
| Triangle Building | HABS GA,108-COLM,43- | 1,156 words | |
| 1636 Fourth Street (House) | HABS GA,108-COLM,41- | 1,054 words | |
| 1638 Fourth Avenue (House) | HABS GA,108-COLM,40- | 967 words | |
| Seaboard Airline Railway | HAER GA,108-COLM,15- | 785 words | |
| Georgia DOT Bridge No. 215-00001D-00936N | HAER GA,108-COLM,39- | 736 words | |
| Sol Loeb Warehouse | HAER GA,108-COLM,21- | 578 words | |
| Springer-Bize-Coffee House | HABS GA,108-COLM,37- | 410 words | |
| Springer-Bize-Farley House | HABS GA,108-COLM,38- | 398 words | |
| GDOT Bridge No. 215/00101/x/00084E | HAER GA-77 | 387 words | |
| Griffin-Mott House | HABS GA,108-COLM,10- | 278 words | |
| Biggs House | HABS GA,108-COLM,34- | 269 words |
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