Crowan Cottage

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Crowan Cottage
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Location1401 Woodstock Ave., Anniston, Alabama
Coordinates 33°39′44″N85°49′12″W / 33.66222°N 85.82000°W / 33.66222; -85.82000 Coordinates: 33°39′44″N85°49′12″W / 33.66222°N 85.82000°W / 33.66222; -85.82000
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1886
Architect Stanford White
Part of East Anniston Residential Historic District
NRHP reference # 75000307 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1975

Crowan Cottage, at 1401 Woodstock Ave. in Anniston, Alabama, is a house believed to have been designed by architect Stanford White and built in 1886. It is Richardsonian Romanesque in style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

Anniston, Alabama City in Alabama, United States

Anniston is the county seat of Calhoun County in Alabama and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 23,106. According to 2013 Census estimates, the city had a population of 22,666.

Stanford White architect

Stanford White was an American architect. He was also a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed many houses for the rich as well as numerous public, institutional, and religious buildings. His design principles embodied the "American Renaissance".

Richardsonian Romanesque Romanesque Revival architectural style, named for Henry Hobson Richardson

Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston (1872–1877), designated a National Historic Landmark. Richardson first used elements of the style in his Richardson Olmsted Complex in Buffalo, New York, designed in 1870.

Its architecture is described as "derived from the innovative work of Henry Hobson Richardson. The stretching of the roof planes to form the porches, and the lifting of roof planes to form dormers are Richardsonian features as is the sculptured treatment of the shingled second story which has been modulated to create flared surfaces and bow windows." [2]

Henry Hobson Richardson American architect

Henry Hobson Richardson was a prominent American architect who designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Hartford, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and other cities. The style he popularized is named for him: Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture".

It is also a contributing building in the East Anniston Residential Historic District.

East Anniston Residential Historic District

The East Anniston Residential Historic District, in Anniston, Alabama, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The listing included 396 contributing buildings on 137 acres (55 ha).

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. W. Warner Floyd (May 5, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crowan Cottage". National Park Service . Retrieved July 17, 2019. With accompanying pictures