George Coulter House

George Coulter House
Location 420 S. Pine St., Florence, Alabama
Coordinates 34°47′45″N 87°40′31″W / 34.79583°N 87.67528°W / 34.79583; -87.67528Coordinates: 34°47′45″N 87°40′31″W / 34.79583°N 87.67528°W / 34.79583; -87.67528
Area less than one acre
Built 1827 (1827)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 82002046[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 21, 1982
Designated ARLH October 19, 1979[2]

The George Coulter House (also known as Mapleton) is a historic residence in Florence, Alabama. The house was built around 1827 by George Coulter, a planter, lawyer, and soldier originally from Middle Tennessee. During the Civil War, the house was used as a command post by Union Army Colonel John Marshall Harlan, partially due to its location on a hillside overlooking downtown and the Tennessee River. The house was later owned by W. W. Slaton, who renovated the house in the late 1940s, adding a wing that was originally used as medical offices. The frame house is built in Federal style, with Adamesque woodwork throughout the interior. Narrow two-level porticoes with Tuscan order columns on the north and south faces were replaced in the 1940s by porticoes with a pair of square columns and a central balcony. The original brick kitchen was formerly connected to the house via a covered breezeway which has since been enclosed.[3] The house was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1979 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage" (PDF). preserveala.org. Alabama Historical Commission. June 13, 2014. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  3. Gamble, Robert S. (October 6, 1981). "George Coulter House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos" (PDF). Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.


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