The Cottage Hill Foundation Papers
A digital exhibit by The Montgomery County Archives
Winter Place, also known as the Winter-Thorington Homes, are two houses built in the Italianate and Second Empire styles of architecture. The north House is one of the last homes standing of the Italianate style along with the Dowe House on Lawrence Street. The home was built by local businessman Joseph S. Winter. The southern home was built in the Second Empire style by Winter's daughter Sally Gindrat Winter Thorington and her husband Robert D. Thornington. The homes were designed by famed 19th century architect Samuel Sloan and are on the National Register of Historic Places. (2)
Winter Place
The Winter Place Historic Complex. Photo courtesy of Chris Pruitt/ Wikimedia Commons
The McBryde- Screws-Tyson House is one of only five remaining large Greek revival Mansions in Montgomery. The House was constructed in the 1850s by Ann McBryde, widow to Dr. Andrew McBryde. In 1885, Ms. McBryde sold the home to William Wallace Screws, a civil war veteran from Barbour County, Alabama, who published and edited the Montgomery Advertiser from 1865 until his death in 1913. Screws also served as Alabama's Secretary of State from 1878 to 1882. After 5 years he sold the home to John Caius Tyson, a local politician who served as a city commissioner and was also in charge of the city's fiances. (3)
McBryde–Screws–Tyson House
McBryde Tyson House illuminated. Photo courtesy of Charles Lowery/Wikimedia Commons.
The Mills House was Constructed in the Queen Anne style ca. 1890 by Alfonso D. Mills, who moved to Montgomery in the late 1870s and became a successful cattleman, building contractor and land developer. It is thought to be the first brick veneer structure in the city. The House had the first ducted heating system in the city and has no fireplaces, which is unique for a house built during that time. (1)
The Mills House
The Mills House at 532 Clay street. Photo courtesy of Exploring Montgomery.
The Wagner House at 422 Herron Street was designed by a local architect, R.N. McGrath, for Christopher Wagner, a proprietor of a buggy shop on Lee Street. (1)
422 Herron Street
The Wagner House at 422 Herron Street. Photo courtesy of Times Gone By-History of Montgomery Alabama Facebook Page
The Walker house was completed in 1896 for Benjamin Wins ton Walker, a U.S. Marshall and son-in-law of Thomas Alsop, who-owned much of the land along Whitman and Goldthwaite Street. The home is considered to be one of the last examples of the Queen Anne Style of Architecture in Cottage Hill. (1)
103 Goldthwaite Street
The Walker House at 103 Goldthwaite Street. Photo courtesy of Times Gone By-History of Montgomery, Alabama Facebook Page.