The Shorter Mansion is a Classical Revival-style historic house museum in Eufaula, Alabama, United States. The two-story masonry structure was built in 1884 by Eli Sims Shorter II and his wife, Wileyna Lamar Shorter. The house as seen today was built in 1902-1903 and was designed by architect C. A. Stevens of Eufaula, AL [Eufaula Times and News article, September 25, 1902], 1.[2] 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.
Shorter Mansion | |
 The Shorter Mansion in 2010 | |
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| Location | 340 N. Eufaula Ave., Eufaula, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 31°53′46″N 85°8′46″W / 31.89611°N 85.14611°W |
| Built | 1884, 1901-1906 |
| Architect | Curran R. Ellis |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000156[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 14, 1972 |
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.[3] 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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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Residence of Hon. E.S. Shorter at Eufaula, Alabama". Western Architect. Vol. 14, no. 3. September 1909. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ 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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