Robert Donnell House


Robert Donnell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house in October 1935
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Location	601 S. Clinton St., Athens, Alabama
Coordinates	34°47′46″N 86°58′5″W / 34.79611°N 86.96806°W / 34.79611; -86.96806Coordinates: 34°47′46″N 86°58′5″W / 34.79611°N 86.96806°W / 34.79611; -86.96806
Area	less than one acre
Built	1840 (1840)
NRHP Reference #	73000354^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 19, 1973

The Robert Donnell House (also known as the City Superintendent's House) is a historic residence in Athens, Alabama. The house was built in 1840 by Robert Donnell, a minister who had come to Athens in the 1820s to establish a Presbyterian church. After his death in 1855, the house passed to his son, James. It was purchased in 1869 by Joshua P. Coman in order to establish the Athens Male College, beginning the house's association with education. In 1879, it was purchased by the city and became part of the public school campus, and sold ten years later to the North Alabama Experiment Station and Agricultural School. The house returned to city ownership in 1936, and is today part of the campus of Athens Middle School. The house is a two-story frame structure clad in clapboard. A double-height portico with paired square columns covers the entry. The main block has a center-hall plan, with a two-story, gable roofed wing off the rear.^[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

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1 2 National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
↑ Floyd, W. Warner (August 1, 1973). "Robert Donnell House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos" (PDF). Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-367, "Father Robert Donnell House, 601 South Clinton Street, Athens, Limestone County, AL", 8 photos

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