Alexander-McGehee-Woodall House, Circa 1845, Columbus

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Black and white photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston of a raised Greek Revival cottage featuring a front porch supported by columns, surrounded by manicured shrubs and trees.
Alexander-McGehee-Woodall House, photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, 1939. Courtesy Library of Congress. Public domain.

This raised Greek Revival cottage was built for Robert B. Alexander (1811?-1850) between 1843-1845 and sold a few years later to the McGehee family. Alexander was a native of Putnam County and a lawyer who served as a Superior Court judge of the Chattahoochee Circuit. The house was originally located a block south of its present location, on the site of the first Muscogee County court house, but was moved to save it from demolition. Col. Allen Clements McGehee (1826-1903) purchased the property from interim owner Laurence Rooney in 1872. After his death, his daughter, Virginia Ethel McGehee Woodall (1879-1949) resided in the home for the rest of her life. It is used as an office today.

Front view of a raised Greek Revival cottage, the Alexander-McGehee-Woodall House, featuring white columns, brick exterior, and landscaped steps, now used as an office.

High Uptown Historic District, National Register of Historic Places

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