Silk Stocking District

This neo-classical revival mansion was commissioned by local banker "Poley" Reynolds to replicate on a smaller scale another Reynolds home, "Mount Ida." Frank Lockwood of Montgomery was the architect and Robert S. West of Talladega was the contractor. Originally, the home had four more columns and a balcony porch roof plus a widow's walk atop the structure. These elements were removed to give it the Greek styling you see here. In 1939 the house was adapted from neo-classical to colonial, and after "mount Ida" burned in the 1950's, wood from an outbuilding was used to build a den addition, making it the "oldest room in the house."

Rebuilt after a 1913 fire, this fine old home featuring high pyramidal roof, decorated gables, and segmental arched pediment over the portico was copied after the Robert Williams-Smith home on Boynton Street in Talladega.

Originally built for Judge N. C. Camp, the house was later acquired by Judge Samuel Clark Oliver, who was a mayor of Talladega, County Judge, and member of the Alabama Senate from this District.

Generously ornamented with Eastlake trim, this houes was built for Judge J. E. Camp by Robert S. West. The eastern portion of a wrap-around porch was removed during a recent renovation.

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Commissioned by Osce Roberts, a Birmingham printer and office supplier, the house was copied from the Woodward home that once stood at the northwest corner of 17th and North Street.

This home was the birthplace of Gertrude Michael, an actress who starred in approximately 50 films made in the U.S. and abroad.

Built by W. L. Clardy, a brickmaker, the walls of this house are 18 inches thick. The Fleetwood family, owners of a coastal shipping fleet operating out of Savannah, Georgia, purchased the house from the Clardy's.

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Built by the local dentist Dr. W.L. Northers, this was the first houes built in this block after the Link home, located diagonally across the street, burned.

This Georgian Reviival house was built by James L. Hicks, local business man and politician.

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Dr. Hal Johnson commissioned Frank Lockwood to design this Neo-Classical Greek Revival style house that was constructed by Robert S. West. It took two years to complete. Dr. Johnson's widow willed the house to the Episcopal Church to be sold to help build the "new" St. Peters, which stands in Talladega today. Mr. and Mrs. Stone and their families have owned the house since the 1950's. The handsome mansion displays fine architectural details and sumptuous original woodwork throughout. It features a neoclassical style with Doric columns, gray brick, with matching limestone window beams secured by a key stone.

Constructed in the Gother Brunel motif with an Eastlake interior for Mr. Otis Cook, who was affiliated with the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, owned a large farm which was rented to others for work. After passing from the Cook family, the house served as Toddle Inn, a children's daycare center. It stood empty for years before being purchased restored by the current owners.

This is a historic brick Queen Anne-style house in Talladega, Alabama, USA. It was built by Dr. Samuel W. Welch and his wife Ethel in 1907. Upon the deaths of Dr. Welch and his wife, the house passed to their daughter, Miss Willie Wallace Welch, who lived in the house until her death in 1997.

The house was designed by renowned architect Frank Lockwood of Montgomery, Alabama, and built by contractor Robert S. West, of Talladega. This duo collaborated on many of Talladega's historic homes and buildings. Dr. Welch served as the State Health Officer for Alabama and spent much of his career addressing health and medical issues across the State. He was also a Mason and an Odd Fellow. Miss Willie Welch was a lifelong bachelorette, a local historian, and was employed by the Talladega Public Library for over 30 years.

The Welch Home is one of only three solid brick houses in Talladega County - the walls being double-brick (8" thick). It features three bay windows and 17 Grecian columns along the wraparound porch. Although the house is a single-story house, the roof was built tall and steep in case the attic was ever converted to living space. The floor plan is divided by a wide central hallway with rooms on each side. The extra-wide hallway was built to accommodate a staircase at the rear for access to the attic. Two of the four interior fireplaces feature French enameled mantles.

At the time of construction, neither gas nor electric lines had been installed in the neighborhood so the house was both wired for electric lighting and piped for gas lighting. Electric lines reached the neighborhood first, so electric light fixtures were purchased for the house. The gas pipes and fittings can still be seen in each room today.

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This Queen Ann Victorian clapboard and shingle home was built in a style more familiar to the northeast United States. Built by Seaborne Johnson, son of Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind founder, it was soon sold to Dr. Groce Harrison who added a wing to serve as his and his father's medical office and operatory. Tinsley Harrison was born here in 1900. Tinsley is considered Alabama's most distinguished healthcare personality and arguably our nation's most famous internist. He was a founder and first dean of UAB medical school. The original servants' quarters remains. The house has also been home to Judge J. N. Manning and Sears Lee and is currently home to George and Andrea Montgomery.

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Built by prominent local banker H.L. McElderry in 1905, this lovely Victorian two-story frame house has a shingled front gable and central square tower. Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Malone, Jr. purchased the house in 1949.

Flanked by servant houses and out buildings, this magnificent Chateauesque motif home was designed and built by architect Stanford White for Mrs. Lou McElderry Jemison in 1899. The house was later purchased by Mrs. Eva B. Purefoy, owner and operator of the famous Purefoy Hotel. The house was purchased by the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in 1984 and restored for use in their transitional living program for hard-of-hearing / deaf young women.