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  • Articles and notes on a possible historic district in Athens. Included are a list of historic residential structures that might anchor the district: Sloss-Pettus-Cook House, Annette Apartments, Nazaretian House, and Garino House. Located in Athens, Ala.
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    Early 20th century hotel. Featured a balustrade, though that was removed following renovations in the late 1940s. Located in Guntersville, Ala.
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    Somerville Courthouse, built c. 1837. Federal Style. Located in Somerville, Alabama. The first permanent courthouse in Morgan County, Alabama.
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    Cummings-Lewis-Nelson House, built c. 1809. Located in northeast Limestone County, Alabama.
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    Donnell House, built 1851. Designed by Hiram Higgins and built by Alexander Hamilton. Originally home to Robert Donnell, a founder of the Cumberland Presbytarian Church and supposedly the preacher of the first sermon in Madison County. Located in Athens, Alabama.
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    Bungalows in Huntsville. Eastlake-style house at 308 Eustis Ave., built 1899. House with a Dutch-Colonial Revival gambel roof, Victorian massing, and Gothic vent, located at 603 Franklin St. and built by Herbert Cowell in 1901. "Free Classic" style house at 501 Franklin St., built c. 1902, designed by Herbert Cowell. Free Colonial Revival style house at 418 McClung Ave., built 1907. Bungalow at 531 Franklin St., designed by Edgar Love. Swiss style bungalow at 612 East Holmes Ave., built 1914. Prairie style bungalow derived from a Frank Lloyd Wright design located at 709 East Randolph Ave., built 1919. Pair of identical bungalows at 430 and 432 Locust Ave., built 1923. Swiss influenced bungalow at 418 Locust Ave., built by Fisk & Hopper contractors in 1922. Bungalows on north Meridian St., built early 1920s by Lincoln Mills. Pair of Spanish Colonial Revival style houses at 136 and 138 Walker Ave., built 1929 by Harold Riggins. English Cottage style house at 609 Randolph Ave., built c. 1930. "Cape Cod Cottage" revival style house on Sewanee Rd., built early 1940s. "Ranch-Colonial" style house on Lucerne Dr., built 1960s. Bungalows at 610 and 602 East Clinton Rd. Prairie style bungalow at 406 Eustis Ave. Dreger House, bungalow at 610 East Holmes. House at 531 Franklin St., built c. 1907. Early 20th century house at 608 Franklin St. Late-Victorian style house at 436 McClung. House east of Jackson Way, built c. 1920s. "Craftsman style" bungalow at 517 Eustis Ave. House at 708 Randolph Ave. Houses at 424 and 443 Locust Ave.
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    House at 403 Franklin St., built 1891. The architect for the house was H. D. Breeding. Bradley House, built c. 1820. Federal Style. Located at 405 Franklin St., Huntsville, Alabama.
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    Houston House, also known as the the Gilchrest-Houston-Rice house and the Rice House, built c. 1834. Located on Houston Ave. in Somerville, Alabama.
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    Leroy Pope House, built 1834. Greek Revival style. Located on McClung Ave., Huntsville, Alabama. General Leroy Pope Walker, the first Secretary of War of the Confederacy and the man who ordered fire on Fort Sumter in 1861, purchased the house in 1870 and lived there until his death.
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    Sunnyside, also known as Hampton House, the Hampton Log Home, or Green Lawn, built c. 1811. Federal style with Victoran and Greek Revival style aspects. Included a separate kitchen, spring house, and slave quarters. Located in Huntsville, Alabama. Burned at request of owner on October 20, 1981.

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