The Leroy Pope Mansion
N 34° 43.792 W 086° 34.824
16S E 538414 N 3843167
One of the earliest brick structures in Alabama.
Waymark Code: WM1PKR
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2007
Views: 63
The Leroy Pope Mansion,
1814
During the original Madison County Land Sales of 1809, LeRoy Pope of Petersburg, GA, secured among other purchases a majority of Section 36, Township 3, Range 1 West, the site of the future town of Twickenham, as Huntsville was originally known. Pope created Popular Grove Plantation on this site and erected his home in 1814 in time to entertain Gen. Andrew Jackson on his return from the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The residence was among the earliest brick structures in Alabama. Inherited by his son, William H. Pope, the mansion was sold in 1848 to Dr. Charles Hays Patton, who commissioned George Steele to add the handsome Classical Revival portico. Nearby during the Civil War, Federal forces built an earthen breastwork to defend the eastern approaches to the city.
Marker Name: The Leroy Pope Mansion
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
The Mansion sets way back off the road.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1997
Marker Number: Not listed
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