Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District
Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District | |
Muscogee Mills, HABS photo, c. 1977 | |
| Location | sites along the Chattahoochee River between 8th St. N. and 38th St., Columbus, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°28′53″N 84°59′30″W / 32.48139°N 84.99167°W |
| Built | 1844 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000995 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 1978 |
| Designated NHLD | June 2, 1978 |
The Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District encompasses one of the most significant assemblages of 19th-century waterpowered mill technology in the American South. A National Historic Landmark District, it includes five historic industrial complexes with elements surviving as far back as the 1830s, located in four separate areas along the eastern bank of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.