Winter Building | |
Location | 2 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 32°22′37″N 86°18′31″W / 32.37694°N 86.30861°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1843 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 72000175 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 14, 1972 |
The Winter Building is a historic building in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. The 3-story structure was built as a bank branch with a telegraph office upstairs. [2]
The building was erected from 1841 to 1843 for John Gindrat, a cotton broker and banker. [3] It was inherited by his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Gindrat, and her husband, Joseph S. Winter, in 1854. [3]
During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the second floor was home to the Southern Telegraph Company. [3] It was there that LeRoy Pope Walker, the Confederate States Secretary of War, sent a telegram to General P. G. T. Beauregard to advise him to fire on Fort Sumter, and thus start the Battle of Fort Sumter. [3]
It remained in the same family as late as the 1970s, when it was used for offices and a clothing store. [3]
The building was designed in the Italianate architectural style. [3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 14, 1972. [4]
Winter Building | |
Location | 2 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 32°22′37″N 86°18′31″W / 32.37694°N 86.30861°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1843 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 72000175 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 14, 1972 |
The Winter Building is a historic building in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. The 3-story structure was built as a bank branch with a telegraph office upstairs. [2]
The building was erected from 1841 to 1843 for John Gindrat, a cotton broker and banker. [3] It was inherited by his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Gindrat, and her husband, Joseph S. Winter, in 1854. [3]
During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the second floor was home to the Southern Telegraph Company. [3] It was there that LeRoy Pope Walker, the Confederate States Secretary of War, sent a telegram to General P. G. T. Beauregard to advise him to fire on Fort Sumter, and thus start the Battle of Fort Sumter. [3]
It remained in the same family as late as the 1970s, when it was used for offices and a clothing store. [3]
The building was designed in the Italianate architectural style. [3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 14, 1972. [4]