George Coulter House

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George Coulter House
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Original building in 1932
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Location420 S. Pine St.,
Florence, Alabama
Coordinates 34°47′46″N87°40′32″W / 34.79611°N 87.67556°W / 34.79611; -87.67556
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1827 (1827)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 82002046 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1982
Designated ARLHOctober 19, 1979 [2]

The George Coulter House (also known as Mapleton) is a historic house located at 420 South Pine Street in Florence, Alabama.

Description and history

The house was built in about 1827 by George Coulter, a planter, lawyer, and soldier originally from Middle Tennessee. During the Civil War, the house was used as a command post by Union Army Colonel John Marshall Harlan, partially due to its location on a hillside overlooking downtown and the Tennessee River. The house was later owned by W. W. Slaton, who renovated the house in the late 1940s, adding a wing that was originally used as medical offices. The frame house is designed in Federal style, with Adamesque woodwork throughout the interior. Narrow two-level porticoes with Tuscan order columns on the north and south faces were replaced in the 1940s by porticoes with a pair of square columns and a central balcony. The original brick kitchen was formerly connected to the house via a covered breezeway which has since been enclosed. [3]

The house was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1979, and the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1982. [1] [2]

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References

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