Weeden House Museum

House in Alabama, United States

Weeden House Museum

The house in 2010

General information
Type| House
Address| 300 Gates Avenue South East
Town or city| Huntsville, Alabama
Country| United States
Coordinates| 34°43′47″N 86°34′56″W﻿ / ﻿34.72972°N 86.58222°W﻿ / 34.72972; -86.58222
Completed| 1819
Technical details
Floor count| 2

U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Part of| Twickenham Historic District (ID73000357[1])
Designated CP| January 4, 1973

The Weeden House Museum is a historic two-story house in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1819 for Henry C. Bradford,[2] and designed in the Federal architectural style.[3][4] Until 1845, it was sold and purchased by several home owners, including John McKinley, who served as a Congressman, Senator, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.[2] From 1845 to 1956, it belonged to the Weeden family.[5] During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, the Union Army took over the house while the Weedens moved to Tuskegee; they moved back in after the war.[5] Portraitist and poet Maria Howard Weeden spent most of her life in the house.[5] After it was sold by the Weeden family in 1956, the house was remodelled into residential apartments.[5] In 1973, it was purchased by the city of Huntsville and the Twickenham Historic Preservation District Association restored it before they acquired it from the city.[5] The private residence became a house museum in 1981.[5]

## See also

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* Lowry House (Huntsville, Alabama)

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
2. ^ a b Buck, Alyson. "Weeden House Museum". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
3. ^ "Historic Huntsville Enjoys Colorful Past and Space Age Future". The Montgomery Advertiser. June 16, 1985. p. 6. Retrieved June 17, 2019 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ O'Neill-Roderick, Betty (October 9, 1994). "In America's Space Capital, trolley delivers a historic tour". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. G3. Retrieved June 17, 2019 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ a b c d e f "Old house is city's shrinking violet". The Montgomery Advertiser. Associated Press. August 27, 2000. pp. 3B – 4B. Retrieved June 17, 2019 - via Newspapers.com.

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## External links

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* Weeden House Museum