Purcell - Killingsworth House - Columbia, AL
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hoteltwo
N 31° 17.820 W 085° 06.636
16R E 679827 N 3464058
Now the Garden Path Inn bed & breakfast, this historic residence in Columbia is located on North Main Street just north of State Route 52.
Waymark Code: WMKMHQ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2014
Views: 5
Marker Text:
This house, also known as Travelers Rest, was completed in 1890 by William Henry Purcell (1845-1910) a prominent Columbia businessman and politician. Purcell had many business interests including a steamboat landing on the Chattahoochee River. This was the boyhood home of Bishop Clare Purcell (1884-1964) who, in 1955, was elected President of the Council of Bishops, the highest place of recognition ever achieved by a native-born Alabama Methodist minister. In 1946 the Purcell family sold the two acre homestead to Mr. & Mrs. Henry Killingsworth who have meticulously restored this imposing Victorian mansion. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places December 16, 1982.
Marker Name: Purcell - Killingsworth House
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Purcell Family.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1989
Marker Number: Not Listed
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