McCracken House, Meridian Pike, Huntsville

McCracken House, Meridian Pike, Huntsville, Madison County, AL. Surveyed as HABS ALA,45-HUVI.V,2-, with a 647-word written history.

From the record

“McCracken House, Meridian Pike, Huntsville, Madison County, AL”
Survey record header. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS ALA,45-HUVI.V,2- · the record runs 647 words · one of 79 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

DESCRIPTION

75 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS ALA,45-HUVI.V,2-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

The large Doric portico on the McCracken house is a later addition to the slight frame house behind. The unfluted columns are brick covered with stucco. The en- tablature is built up of lath and plaster and wood mould- ings. The main door has side lights and a one pane high square transom. The chimney shown in the photograph is "freestanding". (Revised and rewritten at HABS Headquarters - Feb. 13, (Original aliutdl la flfjia atvUbuok).

In context

Huntsville, Alabama	The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Madison County, Alabama	137 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record	The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Huntsville

24 of 77 records shown

The federal surveyors worked through Huntsville building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

Structure	Survey	Report
Marshall Space Flight Center	HAER ALA,45-HUVI.V,7A-	25,522 words
Marshall Space Flight Center	HAER AL-129-L	20,303 words
Marshall Space Flight Center	HAER ALA,45-HUVI.V,7K-	20,270 words
Textile Industry in Huntsville	HAER AL-141	14,147 words
Quietdale	HABS AL-1000	13,605 words
Redstone Arsenal	HAER ALA,45-HUVI.V,6-	11,257 words
Marshall Space Flight Center	HAER ALA,45-HUVI.V,7B-	8,409 words
Marshall Space Flight Center	HABS AL-999	8,076 words
Marshall Space Flight Center	HABS AL-999-B	6,157 words
Marshall Space Flight Center	HABS AL-999-C	4,304 words
Memphis & Charleston Freight Depot	HAER AL-190	1,136 words
Oaks Place	HABS ALA,45-HUVI.V,1-	1,115 words
First National Bank	HABS ALA,45-HUVI,3-	916 words
Marshall Space Flight Center	HABS AL-999-D	858 words
Fearn-Garth House	HABS ALA,45-HUVI,7-	765 words
Robinson-Dillworth House	HABS ALA,45-HUVI.V,3-	751 words
Old Madison County Court House	HABS ALA,45-HUVI,10-	749 words
Pope-Spragins House	HABS ALA,45-HUVI,4-	740 words
Pynchon House	HABS ALA,45-HUVI,8-	685 words
Governor Thomas Bibb House	HABS ALA,45-HUVI,1-	670 words
Miss Howard Weeden House	HABS ALA,45-HUVI,2-	629 words
Redstone Arsenal	HABS ALA,45-HUVI.V,6/7102-	505 words
Henry B. Chase House	HABS ALA,45-HUVI,6-	447 words
Marshall Space Flight Center	HABS AL-999-E	427 words

Provenance

Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS ALA,45-HUVI.V,2-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from the linked federal record; page labels and counts are clearly marked as site presentation or calculations.