Pepperman House

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Pepperman House

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The Pepperman House in 2009
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Location 17 Mildred St., Montgomery, Alabama
Coordinates 32°22′14″N86°18′33″W / 32.37056°N 86.30917°W / 32.37056; -86.30917 Coordinates: 32°22′14″N86°18′33″W / 32.37056°N 86.30917°W / 32.37056; -86.30917
Area less than one acre
Built 1887 (1887)
Architectural style Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference # 82002065 [1]
Added to NRHP March 1, 1982

The Pepperman House (also known as the Ludlow House) is a historic house located at 17 Mildred Street in Montgomery, Alabama.

Montgomery, Alabama Capital of Alabama

Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 2010 Census, Montgomery's population was 205,764. It is the second most populous city in Alabama, after Birmingham, and is the 118th most populous in the United States. The Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area's population in 2010 was estimated at 374,536; it is the fourth largest in the state and 136th among United States metropolitan areas.

Description and history

It was built from 1887 to 1888 for M.E. Pepperman, a pawnbroker. [2] Shortly after, they sold it to Effingham Wagner, a dentist, who sold it to Robert M. Henderson in 1890. [2] Henderson was the co-owner of Vandiver and Company, a wholesale grocer's, with his brother-in-law, W. F. Vandiver. [2] By 1913, Frances M. Perry, his wife and their seven children moved into the house, until they sold it to William R. Ludlow and Richard G. Ludlow in 1943. [2] In the 1970s, William R. Ludlow, Jr. turned it into an antique store, until he sold it to the Aronov Realty Company in 1979. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 1982. [3]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Pepperman House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. "Pepperman House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.