Montrose Historic District (Montrose, Alabama) Historic district in Alabama, United States
United States historic place
The Montrose Historic District is a historic district comprising fifteen historically significant buildings in the community of Montrose , Alabama , United States. The district is almost entirely residential, with the exception of the 1890 Montrose Post Office. Montrose is located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay , and several homes in the district occupy bayfront lots. Nine of the homes in the district were designed in the Creole cottage style, a vernacular architectural style popular in the Gulf Coast states. The Creole cottage homes in the district all feature front facades with five bays and recessed full-length front porches supported by square or chamfered columns. Many of the houses were built as summer homes for residents of Mobile , for whom Montrose was a popular vacation destination.[ 3]
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1976.[ 1]
List of structures
The historical district contains 27 notable structures. The structures are listed in no particular order.[ 1]
Lewis-Thomasson House (Bay Lot 16); built c. 1856, “Creole cottage”.
Thomas Bullock House (Bay Lot 15, east half); built c. 1940.
McCullough-Garnett House (Bay Lot 15, west half); built c. 1850, “Creole cottage”.
Stanford House (Bay Lot 14, northeast); built late 1920s.
Brainard-Breckenridge House (Bay Lot 14, southwest); built c. 1855, “Creole cottage”.
Ledyard-Anderson-Moses House (Bay Lot 13); built 1853.
Anderson-Phillips House (Bay Lot 12); built c. 1870, “Creole cottage”.
Kearly House (Bay Lot 11, northwest); built mid-19th century, moved from Mobile in 1950.
Humphries House (Bay Lot 11, northeast); built 1930.
Fell-Hollinger-Bullock House (southeast corner Main at Chapman); built mid-1850s, “Creole cottage”.
Jacobs House (Main Street, Block 4, Lot 1, east side); built 1950.
Davis House (Chapman Street, Block 4, Lot 1, west side); built 1975.
Randal-Wachter House (Main Street, Block 4, Lot 2); built 1910.
Chapman-Scott House (Main Street, Block 4, Lot 1); built 1855, “Creole cottage”.
Montrose Post Office (Main Street, Block 4, Lot 1); built 1895.
Danzler House (Second Street, Block 14, Lot 3, south side); built 1960.
Jay House (Second Street, Block 14, Lot 3, northside); built 1967.
Thomson-Malone House (Second Street, Block 14, Lot 2); built 1904.
Gray Cottage (Second Street, Block 14, Lot 1, south side); built 1860s.
Brewer-Allen Boarding House (Second Street, Block 14, Lot 1, north side; now the Rudt House); built 1855.
McIntyre-Kennedy House (Main Street, Block 6, Lot 2); built 1855, “Creole cottage”.
Loftus-Thimbes House (Main Street, Block 6, Lot 1); built 1898, “Creole cottage”.
J.V. Cummings House (Main Street, Block 5, Lot 2); built c. 1940.
E.W. Winslow House (Main and Adams, Block 5, Lot 1); built c. 1935.
James Miller House (Adams Street, Block 5, Lot 1, center); built c. 1950.
Ed Leak House (Northeast corner Adams and Second); built 1955.
McFall House (Second Street, Block 5, Lot 2); built 1930.
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