Henry House
National Register of Historic Places

Henry House

Marion, Perry County, Alabama
Listed
September 24, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
86002744

About this property

The Henry House, also known as the Lowry-Ford-Henry House, is a historic antebellum plantation house in Marion, Alabama, United States. Historians believe that the house was built during the 1840s for Squire Lowry, a wealthy planter originally from North Carolina. The two-story, L-shaped house is wood framed with a brick masonry foundation and columns. A monumentally scaled hexastyle portico spans the three-bay front facade. Another two-story, L-shaped portico spans the exposed half of the rear facade and one side of the two-story rear wing. Bert Ford's family purchased the house from the Lowry family. It then passed to the Henry family, heirs of the Ford family. The last individual to own the house was Mary Katherine Blount, a native of Montgomery. She purchased the house and subsequently donated it to the Perry County Historical and Preservation Society. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 1986.

Location

Marion, Perry County, Alabama
32.61037, -87.31850

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Nearby Battles

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1865Civil War
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When was Henry House listed on the National Register?

Henry House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 1986.

What type of historic resource is Henry House?

Henry House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Henry House?

The period of significance for Henry House is recorded as the early_republic era.

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