Jemison-Vandegraaff House
Also known as: Friedman Library1305 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Map
Coordinates:
+33.20213, -87.5651233°12'08" N, 87°33'54" W
Quadrangle map:Tuscaloosa
Description
The house is significant as the home of Robert Jemison, a major Tuscaloosa area planter who developed early coal and ore mines in the District and financed the development of transportation systems. Jemison reflects the divergent economic outlook of the planter class in Alabama. The primary remaining structure associated with Jemison, this house contained some of the earliest examples in the state of domestic technologies -- interior plumbing and a coal-fired gas illuminating system. Extensive papers document Jemison's activities.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS AL-205)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1972
- Reference number
- 72000185
- Architectural style
- Victorian: Italianate
- Area of significance
- Architecture
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Library
- Period of significance
- 1850-1874
- Significant year
- ca. 1860
Update Log
- February 19, 2020: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- January 9, 2012: New photos from WillyT