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Silk Stocking District
The Silk Stocking District is a historic district in the city of Talladega, Alabama, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1979. Architectural styles include Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, American Craftsman, and other late Victorian types. The district covers 113 acres (46 ha) and contained 120 contributing properties when first listed. They are worthy of preservation for the significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture.
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Vandiver House
1840
113 Coffee St E
1840; 2 stories, brick, portico and wings added c. 1917 (now Wren Apartments).
This home was built by Dr. John Vandiver and his wife Mary (McAffee) in 1840. Dr. Vandiver had long medical practice in Talladega. They also operated a drug store on the town square. During the 1940s the house was purchased by Dr. Wren, a local physician, and converted into apartments.
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Steele Cottage
c. 1920
117 Coffee St E
c. 1920; 1 story, frame, bungalow.
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Lawson House
c. 1880
211 Coffee St E
c. 1880; Victorian, 2 stories, frame, complex gabled roof, shingled gables.
After being divided into several apartments involving many structural changes and addition of rooms, the house was restored to a single family dwelling.
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West House
c. 1907
301 Coffee St E
c. 1907; 2 stories, frame, curved porch, fine detail work.
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Abrams House
1910
214 Coffee St E
1910; 1 1/2 stories, frame, full-width porch, large central dormer, flanking shingled gables.
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Rodgers House
1885
212 Coffee St E
1885; Victorian, 1 story, frame, complex hipped roof, wrap-around porch, decorated gables.
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Clardy House
c. 1898
206 Coffee St E
c. 1898; Queen Anne, 2 stories, brick, frame corner tower.
This brick home on Coffee Street East was built around 1908 by W. Lyman Clardy and his father, who manufactured brick at the east end of Coffee Street. They built several other brick homes and commercial buildings. Another fine example of the Queen Anne style.
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Tatum House
1907
202 Coffee St E
1907; 2 stories, brick, fine brickwork, small classical portico.
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Burns House
c. 1920
200 Coffee St E
c. 1920s; 1 story, frame bungalow.
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Haynes House
c. 1910
114 Coffee St E
c. 1910; 1 story, frame, corner entrance.
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House
c. 1890
112 Coffee St E
c. 1890; Victorian, 2 stories, frame, shingled decoration, corner tower (now Blankenship Photography).
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Williams House
c. 1890
110 Coffee St E
c. 1890; Victorian, 2 stories, brick, porch with Ionic columns, fine brickork (now apartments).
This brick home on Coffee Street East was built by John Crete Williams, the editor and publisher of Our Mountain Home, Talladega's Newspaper.
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House
c. 1890
110 South St E
late 19th century; 1 story, frame, gabled front bay (now apartments).
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House
c. 1890
112 South St E
late 19th century; 1 story, frame, gabled front bay (now apartments).
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Carnegie Library
c. 1906
202 South St E
c. 1906-07; Beau Arts Classicism, 1 story, masonry.
Designed by Frank Lockwood and constructed by Robert S. West, this building was originally the Talladega Public Library in 1906. The library was one of the "Carnegie libraries" made possible through an Andrew Carnegie nation-wide program supporting public education. A Carnegie gift of $12,500 was matched with a $1,000 donation contributed by Ms. Grace Jemison to cover the construction cost of $13,500. Heritage Hall is now a museum hosting a variety of arts and humanities activities.
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Bowden House
c. 1900
305 Astrid Place
c. 1900; 1 1/2 stories, frame, mansard roof with front shed dormer added in 1920.
Constructed as a school house and later converted to a boarding house, the house was converted to a Dutch Colonial in the early 1900's.
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Jones House
c. 1908
212 South St E
c. 1908; 1 story, frame, gabled front bay, wrap-around porch with Ionic columns.
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Jones House
1901
214 South St E
1901; Queen Anne, 2 stories, frame, turret, simple trim, fine chimnys.
This fine Queen Anne style Victorian house was designed by Frank Lockwood and constructed by Robert S. West, who taught cabinet making at the Alabama School for the Deaf. Original owners were Mr. and Mrs. Leon B. Jones. The large center chimney has seven ducts drawing smoke from six fireplaces. The seventh duct dumps ashes into a basement pit.
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Burt House
c. 1919
216 South St E
c. 1919; 2 stories, brick, low hipped roof, wide eaves, paired windows.
Said to be the first house in Talladega with a Spanish influence.
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Hicks House
c. 1920
300 South St E
c. 1920; Georgian Revival, 2 stories, brick.
This Georgian-Revival home was commissioned by Mamie Hicks, wife of Talladega industrialist John Hicks, and constructed by Robert S. West. Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (AIDB) purchased the property in 1958.
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Wood House
c. 1890
302 South St E
c. 1890; 2 stories, frame, large shingled central gable, porch with paired Ionic columns on piers.
Former resident J.M. Wood and his brothers operated three Piggly Wiggly stores in Talladega when the chain first started. Note the interesting large shingled central gable and porch with paired ionic columns on pierts.
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Slaughter House
1878
304 South St. E
1878; Victorian, 1 story, frame, twin front gables, full-length shed roof porch, particularly fine woodwork, carriage house.
Originally the home of local dentist Dr. W.F. Slaughter, this house features considerable Eastlake influence in its roof lines and has an exceptionally long porch, incorporating turned posts with delicate ornamental brackets. A quadrant sunburst ornament is at the west end of the porch roof.
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Harrison House
1898
306 South St E
1898; Victorian, 1 story, twin gabled bays, porch with simple trim, carriage house.
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Boswell House
c. 1890
400 South St E
c. 1890; 2 stories, frame, gabled front bay, hipped roof, fine restrained trim, carriage house.
A Frank Lockwood design comissioned by Dr. Harry Boswell and constructed by Robert S. West, this stately old home has 21 rooms, eleven fireplaces, ornate gables, and other complex architectural details.