This house was located at the corner of Front Avenue and 8th Street, overlooking the Chattahoochee River, until 1969, when it was moved to its present site by the Historic Columbus Foundation. Little of the early history of the house is known; it was purchased by saloon keeper Francis Marion Bagley (1845-1903) around the turn of the 20th century.
Columbus Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Thanks to the Historic Columbus Foundation for preserving this marvelous building!
The original owner’s parents must have been fans of the South Carolina Revolutionary War hero, Francis Marion — the “Swamp Fox,” who bedeviled British troops during that conflict by guerilla tactics — unknown to the British Army of the time. He was very annoying to the Brits, but very effective in our fight for freedom from the King of England.