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SILK STOCKING DISTRICT

The Silk Stocking District is a historic district in the city of Talladega, Alabama, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1979. Architectural styles include Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, American Craftsman, and other late Victorian types. The district covers 113 acres (46 ha) and contained 120 contributing properties when first listed. They are worthy of preservation for the significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture.

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HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN
THE SILK STOCKING DISTRICT

Fleetwood-Harville House

c. 1892

508 South St E

Built by W. L. Clardy, a brickmaker, the walls of this house are 18 inches thick. The Fleetwood family, owners of a coastal shipping fleet operating out of Savannah, Georgia, purchased the house from the Clardy's.

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Rozelle House

1931

600 South St E

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Moore House

1918

606 South St E

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Browne-Hurst House

1912

607 South St E

This Neo-Classical Revival mansion was commissioned by local banker "Poley" Reynolds to replicate on a smaller scale another Reynolds home, "Mount Ida." In 1939 the house was adapted from neo-classical to colonial, and after "mount Ida" burned in the 1950's, wood from an outbuilding was used to build a den addition, making it the "oldest room in the house."

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Hicks-Woodard House

1925

604 South St E

This Georgian Reviival house was built by James L. Hicks, local business man and politician.

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Northern-Brown House

1912

602 South St E

Built by the local dentist Dr. W.L. Northers, this was the first houes built in this block after the Link home, located diagonally across the street, burned.

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Beavers House

c. 1900

603 South St E

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Johnson-Stone House

c. 1905

505 South St E

Dr. Hal Johnson commissioned Frank Lockwood to design this Neo-Classical Greek Revival style house that was constructed by Robert S. West. His window willed the house to the Episcopal Church to be sold to help build the "new" St. Peters, which stands in Talladega today. Mr. and Mrs. Stone and their families have owned the house since the 1950's. The handsome mansion displays fine architectural details and sumptuous original woodwork throughout.

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Cook-Spratlin House

1887

407 South St E

Constructed in the Gother Brunel motif with an Eastlake interior for Mr. Otis Cook, who was affiliated with the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta

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Welch House

1907

405 South St E

Commissioned by Dr. Sam Welch and constructed by Robert S. West, this Frank Lockwood design featured American Vignola columns with Doric capitals. Dr. Welch directed a state-wide health program that eradicated hookworm and brought smallpox and tuberculosis under control.

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Harrison-Montgomery House

c. 1895

401 South St E

Dr. Seaborn Johnson, son of the founder of Alabama Schools for the Deaf, commissioned this Victorian house, but sold it to Dr. Groce Harrison prior to occupancy. Dr. Harrison converted the house into a hospital, and it was re-converted to a home by Judge M. N. Manning, a prominent figure in Alabama history.

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Dixon-Gaither House

c. 1917

305 South St E

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