Semple House
The Rice-Semple-Haardt House in 2009
Rice-Semple-Haardt House is located in Alabama
Rice-Semple-Haardt House
Rice-Semple-Haardt House is located in the United States
Rice-Semple-Haardt House
Location725 Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama
Coordinates32°22′44″N 86°17′56″W / 32.37889°N 86.29889°W / 32.37889; -86.29889
Arealess than one acre
Built1851 (1851)
NRHP reference No.72000174[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1972

The Rice-Semple-Haardt House is a historic house in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S..

History

The house was built in the early 1850s for Samuel Farrow Rice, who served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate, and later as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.[2]

In the late 1860s, the house was purchased by Henry Churchill Semple, a veteran of the Confederate States Army.[2] The house remained in the Semple family until 1924.[2] It was later acquired by John Haardt, a realtor, and used as offices.[2]

By 1970, it was purchased by the state of Alabama.[2]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 27, 1972.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Semple House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Semple House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.


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