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Architecture notebook 8: Leroy Pope House, on McClung Ave., Huntsville, Ala.

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.

Addresses and locations of the structures pictured may no longer be accurate, as street names and house numbers change over time. The addresses given reflect the information provided by Harvie Jones at the time he documented these structures.

Harvie P. Jones Collection

Box 31, Folder 18

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama

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