Editing Columbia, Alabama (section)

===Purcell-Killingsworth House===
The Purcell-Killingsworth House, also known as "Traveler's Rest" was completed in 1890 by William Henry Purcell (1845–1910), a prominent Columbia business man and politician. Purcell had many business interests including a steamboat landing on the [[Chattahoochee River]]. This was the boyhood home of [[Clare Purcell|Bishop Clare Purcell]] (1884–1964) who, in 1955, was elected President of the [[United Methodist Council of Bishops]], the highest place of recognition ever achieved by a native-born Alabama Methodist minister. In 1946, the Purcell Family sold the two acre homestead to Mr. & Mrs. Henry Killingsworth who have meticulously restored this imposing [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] mansion. It was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Alabama#Houston County|National Register of Historic Places]] on December 16, 1982.<ref>"Purcell-Killingsworth House". (1989). Historic Chattahoochee Commission. Historic marker in Columbia, Alabama.</ref>