Silk Stocking District

This house was built using the peg and auger method by Dr. R. A. Mosely, Sr. who occupied the house as his residence until selling it in 1878 to his son, Dr. Robert A. Mosely, Jr. and his wife Maria. The home is an excellent example of the Gothic influence with its lancet windows and decorative bargeboards.

The house also features exterior and interior walls of solid brick and was constructed for Rev. J.R. Stodgehill by W. L. Clardy, who operated a brick yard at the east end of Coffee Street.

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When owned by Dr. Cason, this house functioned as both a home and an office. An unusual construction technique was employed that utilized three thicknesses of bricks (12") for both exterior and interior walls.

A good example of the Carpenter's Gothic motif is reflected in ornate porch trim and triangular headed windows. Sometimes called the "House of Seven Gables," construction employed the peg and auger method of joining hand hews timbers. It is currently owned by Landmarks Foundation.

Victorian, 1 story, frame, gabled front bay, scrollsaw trim.

Victorian, 1 story, frame, gabled front bay, narrow siding, shingled gables

1 story brick, hiupped roof, central entrance with transom and sidelights

This home incorporates a portion of an 1834 log structure. During WWII, Dr. D. W. C. Moore converted the hosue to a hospital.

Victorian, 1 story, frame, hipped roof, central gabled dormer, veranda with turned balusters

Designed by Montgomery architect Frank Lockwood and constructed by Robert S. West between 1894 and 1903 for Dr. E. B. Wren, a physician, this house displays beauty and craftsmanship in its ornamented spire, ornate chimneys, and unusual arched stained-glass triple-windows.

This Victorian house was built by Dr. B. B. Simms, a local physician, for use as his residence and office. A skylight illuminates the room he used for operation. The Simms family owned the home until 1983, when it was purchased by its current owner.

Built by John Hicks, a local industrialist and banker, the house was sold to the Adams family, operators of Adams Carriage and Stable Company and one time owners of Shocco Springs. The house contains 23 rooms and 9 fireplaces.

Built by Hugh McElderry for Probate Judge William Thornton, the elaborate trim work in the Carpenter's Gothic home exhibits well-executed craftmanship. When the Union Army under Gen John Croxton was passing through Talladega, Judge Thornton persuated the General to extinguish fires set in the courthouse by giving him a Masonic sign.

Built by J. Melville Thornton, this house is better known locally as Miss Nellie's Boarding House, since it was operated in that capacity for years by Miss Nellie Ellis.

William C. Henkel built this Dutch Colonial Revival bungalow in 1908. It still retains its original, ornate woodwork throughout and its original combination gas and electric lighting fixtures. Note the double-itched gabled roof and apron porch.

The McAlpine Place is one of the oldest homes in Talladega County and predates the founding of the City of Talladega by several years. It used to be the centerpiece of a large farm for one of the area's earliest settlers. The "bones" of the house are the original log cabin. The house faces one of the oldest roads in the State, which became East Street with the founding of Talladega.

Built for Judge Eli Sportridge, the house was purchased by Dr. August McAlpine in 1868. Notables who lived here were William Chilton, a Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Franklin Bowden, Sr., one of Alabama's first orators and for whom Bowden College and the town of Bowden, Georgia are named. Robert E. B. Baylor, who resided here as a young lawyer, went on to be ordained a Baptist minister and a driving force in the founding of Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

This Doric Greek Revival mansion was constructed for Captain Albert Plowman who married Idora McClellan, daughter of General William B McClellan. The family moved to Talladega in 1833, immediately after the founding of the town. George Plowman was elected mayor of Talladega and served as a member of the Alabama Legislature. Idora McClellan Plowman became a national published writer of plantation life stories under the pen name of Betsy Hamilton. Ralph Hammond, author of Ante-Bellum Mansions of Alabama call this "Talladega's most beautiful Doric-colonaded mansion".

This house was built by Samuel Borders Wilson, a banker with the Talladega National Bank, in 1890. The house is Victorian in style with Caribbean influences. Dormer windows in the paramidal roof are a recent addition.

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This one and a half story Victorian house has interesting round-arched windows with a repeating motif in the vergeboard.

1 story, brick, front pronch removed

Built by Henry L and Laura Brown on two acres of land set aside to an Indian Chief by the U.S. Government, this farm home still has its original kitchen in the basement. Delicate Federal Period trim and symmetrical plan are noteworthy. A milk house lined with original brick and a grave site of the original owner's wife are additional points of interest.

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