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Source:             Sesquicentennial Supplement II, Ledger- Enquirer
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                  City’s Houses Have Often Played Musical Chairs
                    By Clason Kyle 
                   Sesquicentennial Editor
  The late James W. Woodruff Jr., a vital force in the local preservation 
movement, moved two structures, both in downtown Columbus. The first and the 
most ambitious was moving the Wellborn-Goetchius House from 11th Street and 
Second Avenue to a site on Lower Broad, almost in the shadow of the Oglethorpe 
Bridge. Sliced into three sections to facilitate the move, the 1839 mansion was 
rejoined as a restaurant, the Goetchius House.
         
  Just before his death, Woodruff had effected another historic property 
relocation. This one was the rectory of the Church of Sts. Philip and James, on 
the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Seventh. It went to Lower Broad also, 
directly across from the Goetchius House, and is occupied by the Chamber of 
Commerce's Visitors and Convention staff. (The church itself, this area's first 
Roman Catholic Church structure and the forerunner of the present Church of the 
Holy Family, disappeared long ago.)  
      Perhaps there are others I don’t know about.  Let me know  if  you know 
of one that has been included. In the meantime, I think I have pretty well 
proved my  hypothesis about a mobile Columbus.


Special Sesquicentennial Supplement III
Ledger- Enquirer, Sunday, April 30, 1978, pg S-15
         

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