Purcell–Killingsworth House

Purcell–Killingsworth House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Main St., Columbia, Alabama
Coordinates	31°17′49″N 85°6′40″W / 31.29694°N 85.11111°W / 31.29694; -85.11111Coordinates: 31°17′49″N 85°6′40″W / 31.29694°N 85.11111°W / 31.29694; -85.11111
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1889 (1889)
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	82001616[1]
Added to NRHP	December 16, 1982

The Purcell–Killingsworth House, now the Garden Path Inn bed & breakfast, is a historic residence in Columbia, Alabama.^[2] Also known as Traveler's Rest, it was completed in 1890 by William Henry Purcell (1845-1910), a prominent Columbia businessman and politician. Purcell's business interests included a steamboat landing on the Chattahoochee River. The bed and breakfast has three guestrooms.

The Purcell House was also the boyhood home of Bishop Clare Purcell (1884-1964). In 1955 he 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 restored the Victorian mansion. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 1982. It is located on Main Street.

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