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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Rogers House

c. 1880

305 Oak St

c. 1880; Victorian, 2 stories, frame, shingled turret and gable, wrap-around porch.

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Link House

c. 1890

412 Cherry St

c. 1890; Shingle, 2 stories, frame, shingled upper floor, gabled bays, turret, simple trim, and outbuilding.

Designed by architect W. D. Link in the Queen Anne motif, noteworthy features are the spire's bronze ornament and curved windows and ornamentation on every side of the house.

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Weaver House

c. 1907

414 Cherry St

c. 1907; 1 story, frame, shingled exterior, fine bevelled glass doors and sidelights.

Built by dr. Hal Johnson, this home features American Vignoli columns capped with Scamozzi Ionic capitals and leaded crystal panes bordering the front door.

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Munroe House

1915

416 Cherry St

1915; 2 stories, frame, gabled front bay, etended eaves and partially exposed rafters.

Mrs. Seaborn Johnson built this house after being widowed in 1911. Extended eaves and partially exposed rafters are interesting features.

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Manning Hall

c. 1850

205 South St E

c. 1850; Greek Revival, 3 1/2 stories, brick, pedimented portico with Ionic columns, (HABS).

Originally used as a Masonic Girl's School, the building was deeded to the State of Alabama in 1858 to house the Alabama School for the Deaf. Noted for its fine proportions and Ionic portico, the building is one of Alabama's finest Greek Revivial structures and is listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey.

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Old Gym

1885

205 South St E

1885; 2 stories, brick, round-arched windows and doors, parapeted front tower with turret-like features (now Maintenance Shop).

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Wilson Shops

1898

205 South St E

1898; 1 story, brick, truncated pyramidal roof, small concrete block addition (now Boiler Room).

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Gym and Shop

1906

205 South St E

1906; 1 story, brick, small portico.

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Graves Hall

1928

205 South St E

1928; Georgian Revival, 2 stories, brick, hipped roof, U-shaped.

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Johnson Hall

1911

205 South St E

1911; Neo-Classical Revival, 2 stories, brick, portico, parapeted roof.

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Whitwood

1836

115 South St E

1836; remodeled 1905; 1 story, log construction, clapboard, arcaded portico, palladian dormer, round-arched windows.

Originally this was a log house with two rooms and a dogtrot. Later, another dog trot log house with two rooms and shed room was adjoined. Other rooms were added when the house was purchased from Dr. William Taylor by James Pinckney Wood in 1865. Mr. Wood passed in 1893, and his widow remodelled the home to its present Spanish Colonial style in 1905. No structural changes have been made since.