Shorter Mansion

Shorter Mansion

The Shorter Mansion in 2010
Location 340 N. Eufaula Ave., Eufaula, Alabama
Coordinates 31°53′46″N 85°8′46″W / 31.89611°N 85.14611°W / 31.89611; -85.14611Coordinates: 31°53′46″N 85°8′46″W / 31.89611°N 85.14611°W / 31.89611; -85.14611
Built 1906
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #

72000156

[1]
Added to NRHP January 14, 1972

The Shorter Mansion is an Classical Revival-style historic house museum in Eufaula, Alabama. The two-story masonry structure was built in 1884 by Eli Sims Shorter II and his wife, Wileyna Lamar Shorter. They extensively remodeled the house from 1901 to 1906, with the results of that effort being the facade that is seen today. Eli Sims Shorter died in 1908, but his wife resided in the house until 1927, when it was passed to their daughter, Fannie Shorter Upshaw. It was in turn inherited by Upshaw's daughter, Wileyna S. Kennedy, in 1959.

The Kennedy family moved away from the city and the house was purchased by the Eufaula Heritage Association, initially formed in order to buy and restore the house, at auction for $33,000 in 1965. The Eufaula Heritage Association organized the city's first pilgrimage in 1966 and became the primary historic preservation organization in Eufaula, a role it continues to fulfill to the present day.[2] The Association offers tours of the Shorter Mansion year round.

The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 1972.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Joel Smith (2007). "History of Shorter Mansion". Excerpt from: A Brief History of Shorter Mansion and the Eufaula Heritage Association. Eufaula Heritage Association. Retrieved June 19, 2011.


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