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Title
The University Club, 421 Queen City Avenue
Subject
University of Alabama
Governors
Houses and homes
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.
Source
Personal Collection of Jason Townsend
Contributor
Betty Slowe (Description)
Type
Postcard
Identifier
337
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)