Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House
National Register of Historic Places

Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House

Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
Listed
August 13, 1998
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
98001019

About this property

The Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House is a historic boarding house in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Built in 1888, it is the only remaining building relating to the Monte Sano Hotel and Railroad. The North Alabama Improvement Company built the three-story, Queen Anne hotel on Monte Sano Mountain in 1887. The following year, construction began on a rail line connecting the hotel with the Memphis and Charleston Depot downtown. The house was constructed to house workers building and later operating the railroad. The workers' house was originally a saddlebag plan building, consisting of two rooms sharing a central chimney. A shed roofed, two-room addition was added in 1925. The façade has two doors, flanked by two-over-two sash windows. The house is clad with board-and-batten siding, and topped with a gabled metal roof. The structure was modernized after 1997, and a shed-roof front porch added. The hotel and railroad venture was not a financial success, and the railroad shut down in 1895, followed by the hotel in 1904. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Location

4119 Shelby Ave.
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
34.74156, -86.52392

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Sources

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When was Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House listed on the National Register?

Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1998.

What type of historic resource is Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House?

Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1887.

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