President's Mansion
University of Alabama campus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Photos
University of Alabama, President's House
1. Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, April 3, 1934. FRONT VIEW. - NORTH ELEVATION
Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey
Map
Description
Designed by Philadelphia architect William Nichols, who also designed the Tuscaloosa Capitol, this Greek Revival residence is considered one of the state's finest structures. ...This residence was designed and built as the residence of the president of the University of Alabama. Refusing to leave the property, Mrs. Garland, wife of president Landon Garland, ordered Federal troops to put out the fire they had kindled, thus saving the residence from destruction during the Civil War, when many university buildings were destroyed. -- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS AL-207)National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 1972
- Reference number
- 72000186
- Architectural style
- Mid 19th Century Revival: Exotic Revival
- Areas of significance
- Military; Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Single dwelling
- Periods of significance
- 1850-1874; 1825-1849
- Significant year
- 1841
Sources
- HABS AL-207 - University of Alabama, President's House
- WillyT
- National Register database - Reference number 72000186
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