Colonel Green G. Mobley House

Col. Green G. Mobley House
Location Webster and Pearl Sts., Gainesville, Alabama
Coordinates 32°49′5″N 88°9′37″W / 32.81806°N 88.16028°WCoordinates: 32°49′5″N 88°9′37″W / 32.81806°N 88.16028°W
Area 3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
Built 1845
Architectural style Greek Revival
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 82002070[1]
Added to NRHP January 18, 1982

The Colonel Green G. Mobley House, also known as The Magnolia, is a historic house in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The two-story wood-frame house was built for Colonel Green G. Mobley, a native of Fairfield County, South Carolina, and his wife Henrietta, a native of Vermont. The Greek Revival-style structure was completed circa 1845. Architectural historians consider it to be among West Alabama's most refined expressions of domestic Greek Revival architecture.[2]

The house is centered on a 3.3-acre (1.3 ha) corner lot, surrounded by a high brick wall that is almost as old as the house itself. The front facade is five bays wide, with a monumental tetrastyle portico covering the central three bays. The bays are separated by boxed pilasters on the front. The portico is pedimented and utilizes the Ionic order. A denticulated cornice crowns the entablature around the entire structure. Exterior and interior trim conforms to published designs of Asher Benjamin and Minard Lafever, early proponents of the Greek Revival movement.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 1982.[1]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert Gamble; Ellen Mertins (October 6, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Colonel Green G. Mobley House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 9, 2013. See also: "Accompanying photos".