John Clifford Grimsley House
John Clifford Grimsley House is located in Alabama
John Clifford Grimsley House
Location432 10th St., Fayette, Alabama
Coordinates33°41′51″N 87°49′59″W / 33.69750°N 87.83306°W / 33.69750; -87.83306
Builtc.1916[1]
NRHP reference No.16000834[2]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 2018

The John Clifford Grimsley House, at 432 10th St. in Fayette, Alabama, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[2]

It was designed and built for John Clifford Grimsley, a prominent local businessman. It is a two-story brick veneer building, with Classical Revival style, built around 1916. It is the only high-style Classical Revival house in the county, although the style was "extremely popular in the United States around the turn of the twentieth century, especially in the Post Reconstruction South. The classical styling evoked an increasingly idealized antebellum South and the power and control exhibited by the Greek Revival style so popular before the Civil War."[1]

It was deemed notable for its architecture and for association with its architect, John David Gullett.[1] It has been asserted to be "one of the most iconic and recognizable houses in Fayette County." In 2018 it was still in the Grimsley family, being owned by two of John Clifford Grimsley's granddaughters.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alabama Properties Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 08/27/18". Alabama Historic Commission. August 27, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Weekly list". National Park Service. August 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Grimsley House on National Register of Historic Places". Times Record Fayette County Times Record. September 18, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.


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