Alabama - Talladega County
Talladega County Alabama has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Curry, J. L. M., House, Swayne Hall, Boxwood, Elston House and First Presbyterian Church.

Many famous people are associated with these Talladega County historic places including Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, Levi Welbourne Lawler, Marge Goodwin, Lillian Dean, William Averiett and Benjamin H. Averiett.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Talladega County places including H.H. Kirkland, John S. Stewart, Allen Elston, G.E. Morris, Joseph Fletcher, John L. Jr. Ogletree, Works Progress Administration and John L. Sr. Ogletree. Prominent architectural styles found in Talladega Country are Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and Early Commercial.

Averiett, Benjamin H., House (added 1986 - - #86002034)
Also known as Hudson Hamilton Place
AL 8 , Sylacauga
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Averiett,Benjamin H.
Significant Year:
1835
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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Averiett, William, House (added 1986 - - #86002038)
Also known as The Averiett Place
Off AL 8 , Sylacauga
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Averiett,William
Significant Year:
1867, 1866
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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Boxwood (added 1983 - - #83002983)
Also known as W. C. Dowdell House
406 E. North St. E , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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Butler, Charles, House (added 1996 - - #96000054)
Also known as Butler-Harris-Rainwater House
Jct. of First St. and Tenth Ave. , Childersburg
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
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Corner, B.B., Memorial Library (added 2005 - - #05000972)
711 N. Broadway Ave. , Sylacauga
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Works Progress Administration
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
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Curry, J. L. M., House (added 1966 - - #66000154)
Also known as Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry House
3 mi. NE of Talladega on AL 21 , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Curry,Jabez Lamar Monroe
Significant Year:
1865, 1850
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Elston House (added 1976 - - #76000357)
Also known as Barta House
10 mi. N of Talladega on Turner's Mill Rd. , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Elston,Allen
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Single Dwelling
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First Presbyterian Church (added 1983 - - #83003489)
130 North St. E , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stewart,John S.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
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Goodwin--Hamilton House (added 1986 - - #86002041)
Also known as The Hamilton Place
Marble Valley Rd. , Sylagauca
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Goodwin,Marge,et al.
Significant Year:
1850
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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Hightower Brothers Livery Stable (added 1997 - - #97000650)
413 Norton Ave. , Sylacauga
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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Idlewild (added 1993 - - #93001012)
AL 5, 0.1 mi. N of AL 21 , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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Jemison House Complex (added 1990 - - #90001507)
Also known as Turner House;Holmes House
S of jct. of Chocolocco and Cheaha Creeks , Eastaboga
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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Kymulga Mill And Covered Bridge (added 1976 - - #76000356)
Also known as Kymulga Park
4.5 mi. NE of Childersburg on SR 46 , Childersburg
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Morris,G.E.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related
Current Function:
Work In Progress
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Lawler--Whiting House (added 1986 - - #86001157)
Also known as Orangevale
AL 21 S of Talladega , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kirkland,H.H.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Lawler,Levi Welbourne
Significant Year:
1854, 1878, 1852
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Silk Stocking District (added 1979 - - #79000403)
Roughly Bounded by Coffee, 2nd, McMillan, and Court Sts. , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling
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Swayne Hall (added 1974 - - #74002223)
Talladega College campus , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Education
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
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Sylacauga Historic Commercial District (added 2004 - - #04000563)
Roughly bounded by Broadway Ave., W. 1st., Anniston Ave., W 4th St. , Sylacauga
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ogletree, John L. Sr., Ogletree, John L. Jr.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Moderne
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Professional
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Professional
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Talladega College Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001316)
Jct. of Battle St. and Martin Luther King Dr. , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fletcher,Joseph
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
College, Educational Related Housing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
College, Educational Related Housing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District (added 1972 - - #72000181)
Also known as See Also Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District (Boun
Courthouse Sq. , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Single Dwelling
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Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1988 - - #88000471)
Roughly bounded by N. East and E. North and S. East, Coffee and Spring Sts. , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Customhouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Customhouse
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Thornhill (added 1998 - - #98000104)
Also known as Hardie--Lewis House
29229 AL 21 , Talladega
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Business, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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Watters, William, House (added 1987 - - #87001652)
Co. Hwy. 8 , Sylacauga
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Welch--Averiett House (added 1986 - - #86002044)
Also known as L.L. Dean House;Welch Spring
AL 8 , Sylacauga
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Dean,Lillian
Significant Year:
1890, 1920, 1830
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Winterboro Stagecoach Inn (added 2005 - - #05000651)
Also known as Gooden, William H., House, Winters, John Gano, House
22901 AL 21 , Winteboro
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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