Henry House (Marion, Alabama)

Henry House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house as it appeared in 1935, when recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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Location	S. Washington St., Marion, Alabama
Coordinates	32°36′36″N87°19′6″W / 32.61000°N 87.31833°W / 32.61000; -87.31833
Area	5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built	1840s
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	86002744 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 25, 1986

The Henry House, also known as the Lowry-Ford-Henry House, is a historic antebellum plantation house in Marion, Perry County, Alabama, United States. Historians believe that the house was built during the 1840s for Squire Lowry, a wealthy planter originally from North Carolina. The two-story, L-shaped house is wood framed with a brick masonry foundation and columns. A monumentally scaled hexastyle portico spans the three-bay front facade. Another two-story, L-shaped portico spans the exposed half of the rear facade and one side of the two-story rear wing.

Bert Ford's family purchased the house from the Lowry family. It then passed to the Henry family, heirs of the Ford family. ^[2] The last individual to own the house was Mary Katherine Blount, a native of Montgomery. She purchased the house and subsequently donated it to the Perry County Historical and Preservation Society. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 1986. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Robert S. Gamble (November 1, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Henry House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 1, 2013.See also: "Accompanying photos".