Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District

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.

Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Muscogee Mills, HABS photo, c. 1977
Locationsites along the Chattahoochee River between 8th St. N. and 38th St., Columbus, Georgia
Coordinates32°28′53″N 84°59′30″W
Built1844
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.78000995
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1978
Designated NHLDJune 2, 1978
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