Location Information
(for the "Errolton")
Name:"Errolton" [Weaver House]
Address:216 3rd Avenue, South
City/County:Columbus, Lowndes County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1854
Architectural Styles(s):Gothic Revival
No. of Stories:2
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:16 Nov 1978
NR District Name:South Columbus (1982)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:339
NR District Name:South Columbus Amendment No. 2 (Boundary Increase/Decrease) (2021)
    NR Status:Previously Listed
    Element No.:41A
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Context/Comments
Built in 1854 for William B. Weaver, "Errollton" is architecturally notable as one of several houses in Columbus designed in a locally distinctive style that combines elements of the Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles in a remarkable cohesive manner.

The house was listed individually on the National Register on 16 November 1978, and it was later listed as an element (#339) of the in the South Columbus Historic District, which was placed on the National Register in 1982. When that district was resurveyed and enlarged as the South Columbus Historic District Amendment No. 2 (which was added to the National Register 29 September 2021) this building was included in the enlarged district as element #41A (previously listed/contributing).

It is included in "Shrines to Yesterday" (1968), "Historic Architecture in Mississippi" (1973) (p. 119), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume II: Columbus and the North" (1977) (pp. 17-18), "Reflections: Homes and History of Columbus, Mississippi" (2001) (pp. 86-87), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.184, in the listing for Houses in South Columbus, PR25).

[HABS: MS-103 (1936)]
Brief Description
This impressive, 2-story dwelling features a central hall plan and is rectangular in form. The house is clad in weatherboard siding and rests on a brick foundation. The low-pitched hipped roof is covered in asphalt shingles and features a wide cornice with dentils and molded frieze. The symmetrical façade (north) is 5 bays (W, W, D, W, W) on both floors. Both entry doors are single-leaf and paneled with flanking sidelights and a multi-light transom. Windows on the 1st floor are 6-over-9 DH wood sash, whereas the 2nd floor windows are 6-over-6. A balcony extends from the 2nd floor door and is supported by decorative brackets. It features a Gothic Revival carved wood balcony. The two doors on the façade feature Greek Revival-inspired surrounds with engaged paneled pilasters and molded architrave with dentils. An impressive full-height portico is along the façade. The portico has continuous octagonal fluted columns joined by 4-point arches with raised keystones, and spandrels ornamented with milled tracery. The house features a corbelled brick interior chimney on both side roof slopes. A 1-story bay with hipped roof projects from the east elevation. It has a dentiled cornice and an interior brick chimney.