The Moody-Warner House, 1925 8th Street
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The Moody-Warner House, was built around 1822 by Davis Scott as a home when he came to Tuscaloosa as a merchant.
The house had a series of owners until it became the home of the Washington Moodys. Moody was the grandson of the founder of the First National Bank.
The house was restored in 1977 by Jack Warner and the David Warner Foundation and opened as a museum in honor of Jack Warner's mother, Mildred Grace Westervelt Warner (1893-1974).
The museum closed and the house was put up for sale in 2003.
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Guild-Verner House, 1904 University Boulevard, circa 1978
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Guild, Dr. James
Verner, C. B.
Built about 1822 by Dr. James Guild, the house was the first brick residence in the city. Guild was a trustee of the University of Alabama and the Alabama Insane (now Bryce) Hospital, a member of the state legislature, and a practicing physician.
His son, Dr. Lafayette Guild, was chief medical officer for Gen. Robert E. Lee during the Civil War.
The house was sold to John Snow in 1881 and two years later to his brother, Dr. Charles Snow. The Snows were double first cousins of President John Quincy Adams.
The C.B. Verners acquired the house in 1911 and added the columns, side porch and other classic details. The house was originally Georgian style but currently is Greek Revival style architecture.
The house suffered through many owners, a fire, and vandalism until concerned citizens prevailed upon the Tuscaloosa City Commission to save the landmark. In 1977, the Home Builders Association of Tuscaloosa, Inc. restored the house and the staffs of the Home Builders and the Tuscaloosa Board of Realtors moved into it.
Currently, it houses the office of S.T. Bunn Construction Company, Inc.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
("Past Horizons," Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society, 1978)
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