Title
University Club, 421 Queen City Avenue, 1827
Subject
Houses and homes
Governors
University of Alabama
Description
The University Club, sometimes referred to as the "Governor's Mansion", was built in 1834 by Captain James Dearing who piloted the first steamboat from Mobile to Tuscaloosa. The house went through many owners in the 1800s, one of which was Arthur P. Bagby, governor of Alabama from 1837-1841. In 1944, the University of Alabama acquired the house, donated by the Warner family, as a social center for faculty and staff.
The original house had the same general appearance it has today, although it had no sun porch on the south side, and in the center of the roof was a square platform from which the smoke of the river boats could be seen as they approached the town bringing supplies from Mobile. The kitchen stood on the north side separate from the house, but connected by a covered walk to the north porch.
The architecture is 18th and 19th century and the style is Greek Revival "Peripteral Mode."
Description from "Past Horizons," Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society, 1978, page 15.
The original house had the same general appearance it has today, although it had no sun porch on the south side, and in the center of the roof was a square platform from which the smoke of the river boats could be seen as they approached the town bringing supplies from Mobile. The kitchen stood on the north side separate from the house, but connected by a covered walk to the north porch.
The architecture is 18th and 19th century and the style is Greek Revival "Peripteral Mode."
Description from "Past Horizons," Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society, 1978, page 15.
Creator
Union Furniture Company
Source
Union Furniture Company
Publisher
Union Furniture Company
Date
1991
Contributor
Elizabeth Bradt (Description)
Rights
Union Furniture Company
Type
Drawing
Identifier
2446
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Drawing
Physical Dimensions
8.5 inches x 11 inches