Col. Green G. Mobley House | |
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| Location | Webster and Pearl Sts., Gainesville, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 32°49′6″N88°9′38″W / 32.81833°N 88.16056°W |
| Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
| Built | 1845 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Part of | Gainesville Historic District (ID85002925) |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002070 [1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 18, 1982 |
| Designated CP | October 3, 1985 |
The Colonel Green G. Mobley House, also known as The Magnolia, is a historic house in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The two-story wood-frame house was built for Colonel Green G. Mobley, a native of Fairfield County, South Carolina, and his wife Henrietta, a native of Vermont. The Greek Revival-style structure was completed circa 1845. Architectural historians consider it to be among West Alabama's most refined expressions of domestic Greek Revival architecture. [2]
The house is centered on a 3.3-acre (1.3 ha) corner lot, surrounded by a high brick wall that is almost as old as the house itself. The front facade is five bays wide, with a monumental tetrastyle portico covering the central three bays. The bays are separated by boxed pilasters on the front. The portico is pedimented and utilizes the Ionic order. A denticulated cornice crowns the entablature around the entire structure. Exterior and interior trim conforms to published designs of Asher Benjamin and Minard Lafever, early proponents of the Greek Revival movement. [2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 1982. [1]
