Location Montgomery, Alabama Built 1835 Added to NRHP June 25, 1974 Opened 1835 Architectural style Italianate architecture | Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 74000432 Designated ARLH August 14, 2012 Phone +1 334-242-1861 | |
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Address 644 Washington Ave, Montgomery, AL 36130, USA Hours Closed today SundayClosedMonday8AM–4:30PMTuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturday9AM–4PM Similar Dexter Parsonage Museum, The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, The Hank Williams Museum, Civil Rights Memorial, Dexter Avenue Baptist C Profiles | ||
Southern heirlooms first white house of the confederacy 2015
The First White House of the Confederacy was the executive residence of President Jefferson Davis and family while the capital of the Confederate States of America was in Montgomery, Alabama. Completely furnished with original period pieces from the 1850s and 1860s, the 1835 Italianate-style house is open to the public. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974 and the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage since 2012.
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In February 1861, shortly after selecting Davis as president, the Provisional Confederate Congress, meeting in Montgomery, authorized the leasing of an executive mansion. An offer came from Colonel Edmund S. Harrison of nearby Prattville, Alabama, who had recently purchased a newly renovated house in Montgomery that had previously been owned by a series of prominent citizens of the city. He offered to rent the house fully furnished and staffed for $5,000 per year.
The house served as the first White House of the Confederacy from February 1861 until late May 1861, when the Confederate capital moved to Richmond, Virginia. During that time, the White House was the setting for many lavish parties and receptions hosted by Mrs. Davis.