Howard Weeden Home
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N 34° 43.782 W 086° 34.952
16S E 538219 N 3843147
House where Howard Weeden, poet and artist, was born and died.
Waymark Code: WM1PGE
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member muddawber
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Howard Weeden Home

Built 1819 by H. C. Bradford, this home was later owned by John Read, John McKinley, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1837-1852), Bartley M. Lowe, M. C. Betts and Marie Howard Weeden (1847-1905) whose poetry and paintings preserve nineteenth century Southern culture.
Marked by D.A.R. 1910; H.A.B.S. 1935
National Register of Historic Places, 1973

Marker Name: Howard Weeden Home

Marker Type: Urban

Addtional Information::
Thought to be a man, Maria Howard Weeden, was a world renown artist and poet. She was born in 1846 and died in 1905. She never married.

Date Dedicated / Placed: 1978

Marker Number: Not listed
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