The Garrett-Bullock House is a fine example of Queen Anne style

Queen Anne Style architecture

The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...

 architecture in Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...

. This High Victorian mansion was built in 1881 by Confederate Colonel Joseph S. Garrett (Columbus merchant, postmaster, and planter).

The house was sold in 1910 to Osborn C. Bullock, a Columbus banker and business leader, whose family resided in the house until the death of his last surviving daughter, Margaret Bullock Schaefer in 1985.

Beginning in 1986, it was restored to its original elegance.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1980.

The Garrett-Bullock House currently is used as a special events center for weddings and parties.