Columbus · South Columbus Historic District
Shadowlawn
A frame house with octagonal columns in the South Columbus Historic District; five suites are in the house, and the cottage's age isn't stated.
- Built
- c. 1848–60The inn says circa 1848, the year builder Benjamin Catley bought the block. The district nomination dates 'Shadowlawn' (listed at 1024 2nd Avenue South) to ca. 1860.
- Style
- Antebellum two-story frame house with octagonal columns and milled tracery
- Type
- B&B
- Rooms
- 6
- Price
- $
- Area
- South Columbus Historic District
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Benjamin Catley, English-born and in Columbus by 1836, bought the whole block from the Franklin School on August 1, 1848. Ten families have lived in the house. T. A. McGahey, owner of a local marble works, bought it in the 1920s and modernized it, and the marble porch dates from a repair after a car crash. It was restored in 2001, and the inn says it was featured on HGTV’s Old Homes Restored. It is a Columbus Pilgrimage tour home.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Address: 1024 College St, Columbus, MS 39701
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.