Twickenham Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Twickenham Historic District
nrhp_type = hd


caption =
location= Huntsville, Alabama
locmapin = Alabama
area =
architect= Multiple
architecture= Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
added = January 04, 1973
governing_body = Local
refnum=73000357cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Twickenham Historic District was the first historic district designated in Huntsville, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1973. The name derives from an early name for the town of Huntsville, named after Twickenham, England by LeRoy Pope. It features homes in the Federal and Greek Revival architectural styles introduced to the city by Virginia-born architect George Steele about 1818, and contains the most dense concentration of antebellum homes in Alabama. The 1819 Weeden House Museum, home of female artist and poet Maria Howard Weeden, is open to the public, as are several others in the district.

Notable Structures

* Helion Lodge #1 — 409 Lincoln Street, original building erected 1820.

References

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/hh:@field(SUBJ+@od1(ALABAMA--Madison+County--Huntsville)) American Memory's Built in America Collection] which has drawings, photographs, and descriptions of old homes and buildings.
* [http://www.awhf.org/weeden.html Alabama Women's Hall of Fame] : Maria Howard Weeden (1846-1905)
* [http://www.huntsvillepilgrimage.org/ Huntsville Pilgrimage Association] , conducts annual tour of historic homes
* [http://www.helionlodge.org/ Helion Lodge #1]