Sweet Home - Bessemer, AL
N 33° 23.992 W 086° 56.963
16S E 504707 N 3695619
Sweet Home Historical Marker, Bessemer, AL
Waymark Code: WMDPJ3
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2012
Views: 4
The Sweet Home is a blend of Queen Anne and Neo-Classical architectural styles built in 1906. The marker stands in front of the house at the intersection of Arlington Avenue and 19th Street South. The marker was placed by the Alabama Historical Association.
Marker Name: Sweet Home
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
This house was built in 1906 by architect William E. Bennis for H. W. Sweet at a cost of $10,000. The house uniquely blended the Queen Anne and Neo-Classical architectural styles, featuring two identical pedimented entrance porticos supported by fluted Composite-order columns, full-length wrap around porches on the first and second stories, and an octagonal corner tower. H.W. Sweet (1866-1919), a native of South Carolina, was Bessemer’s first undertaker and a furniture merchant. Henry W. Sweet (1902-1990) was his and Mattie Breen Sweet’s (1865-1946) only child. Henry married Lucille Lytle (1902-1986) in 1925.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2006
Marker Number: None
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