The Twickenham Historic District
The Twickenham Historic District is just one of three historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Huntsville. Twickenham, which was an early name for the City of Huntsville, was named after a London suburb where the poet Alexander Pope lived. He was a relative of one of the early settlers in Huntsville. Twickenham is the largest antebellum district in Alabama, with many fine examples of early nineteenth-century homes in Federal, Italianate, and Classical architectural styles. Many were designed by Virginia-born architect George Steele. The oldest home in the district dates from 1814, and most were built around 1818. The city's early attorneys, bankers, and merchants built fashionable brick homes in the area, many of which were seized by the Union army during the American Civil War. This probably saved them from being destroyed during the war.The Twickenham Historic...


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