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Historic house in Alabama, United States

United States historic place
Shorter Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Shorter Mansion in 2010
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Location340 N. Eufaula Ave.,
Eufaula, Alabama
Coordinates31°53′46″N 85°8′46″W / 31.89611°N 85.14611°W / 31.89611; -85.14611
Built1884, 1901-1906
ArchitectCurran R. Ellis
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.72000156
Added to NRHPJanuary 14, 1972

The Shorter Mansion is a Classical Revival-style historic house museum in Eufaula, Alabama, United States. The two-story masonry structure was originally built in 1884-1885 by Eli Sims Shorter II and his wife, Wileyna Lamar Shorter but burned in 1895 . The house, as seen today, was constructed in late 1895 by T. H. Adams with modifications done in 1902-1903 by architect C. A. Stevens of Eufaula, AL , 1. Eli Sims Shorter died in 1908, but his wife resided in the house until 1927, when it was passed to their daughter, Fannie Shorter Upshaw. It was in turn inherited by Upshaw's daughter, Wileyna S. Kennedy, in 1959.

The Kennedy family moved away from the city and the house was purchased by the Eufaula Heritage Association, initially formed in order to buy and restore the house, at auction for $33,000 in 1965. The Eufaula Heritage Association organized the city's first pilgrimage in 1966 and became the primary historic preservation organization in Eufaula, a role it continues to fulfill to the present day. The Association offers tours of the Shorter Mansion year round.

The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 1972.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Residence of Hon. E.S. Shorter at Eufaula, Alabama". Western Architect. Vol. 14, no. 3. September 1909. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. Joel Smith (2007). "History of Shorter Mansion". Excerpt from: A Brief History of Shorter Mansion and the Eufaula Heritage Association. Eufaula Heritage Association. Retrieved June 19, 2011.

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