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1. Woodruff Farm House 708 Broadway Columbus, GA The Woodruff Farm House is an 1840's double pen structure serving as a house museum and the offices of Historic Columbus Foundation's Riverfest Weekend and Heritage Tours. The Woodruff Farm House was moved from its former site at Macon and Woodruff Farm Roads on February 14, 1986 to 708 Broadway. The farm house is called a double-pen. When additional space was needed, adding more pens could enlarge a house. A single pen with another single pen adjacent to it is called a double pen. A double pen has two front doors as seen on this house and the West House at Westville in Stewart County, Georgia. 2. Log Cabin 7081/2 Broadway Columbus, GA The Log Cabin is an example of a dwelling used by traders in the early 1800's prior to the settlement of Columbus and is considered to be the oldest structure in Muscogee County, about two centuries old. It was moved from its original location, in the northeastern quadrant of the county, ten miles from its present site. The dwelling was found in a tangle of undergrowth on the George C. Woodruff, Jr. family farm. In an effort to preserve it, the family made the cabin available to the Historic Columbus Foundation. The Foundation moved the dismantled cabin and reconstructed it at its present location, completing the project in the spring of 1988. The late Dr. Joseph Mahan, at that time historic preservation planner of the Lower Chattahoochee Area Planning and Development Commission, and Mr. Fred Fussell with the Columbus Museum guided the project. Lumpkin contractor, Henry Lynch, dismantled and reassembled the cabin. 3. 700 Broadway Columbus, GA 700 Broadway is a two-story Italian villa-style townhouse that was restored for the offices of the Historic Columbus Foundation in 1977. Historic Columbus Foundation moved its offices in 2002 to the Rankin House, 1440 Second Avenue. It was the only two-story brick home in the original city of Columbus. The exterior and interior of the walls are solid brick. The first floor is open to tour and has an appropriately furnished parlor, dining room, a library and a bedroom. Original mantelpieces are retained throughout the house. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The light fixtures in this house are gasoliers. The second floor, formerly bedrooms with a wide central hallway, house the offices of the Junior League of Columbus. Displayed on the Back Porch walls are some of the different historic sights around Columbus.