Rothschild family home located at 303 12th Street at 3rd Avenue in Columbus, Georgia

ID: 431 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: Historic American Buildings Survey (H.A.B.S.) ~ Date: ca. 1970s
This file appears in: Georgia Heritage
Public Domain

This home was purchased by Simon and Frank Rothschild of Eufaaula, Georgia, in 1862, for $8200. The family sold it two years later, during the Civil War.

This file appears in: Georgia Heritage

By Edward Francell
"My mother was actually an American citizen, but she was born in France, because my grandfather—her father—was named Alfred Rothschild. He was born in Columbus, Georgia, not too far from here. And the house that he was born in still remains…