Gilmer-Shorter-Lomax House, 235 South Court Street, Montgomery

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Preferred Life Insurance Company* .{Previous Owners: Henry ffinch; from $0 Joseph Hutchinson; from to John P Sigh; from to James J. Gilmer; to Beuben 0. Shorter; from to Caroline Shorter Lomax; from to First National Life Insurance Company. Date of Erection; ) Architect; Unknown. Builder $ James Gilmer. Present Condition: he house is in an excellent state of - pr.eservation. Modern conveniences have fceen added. It is now used as an office "building, but the main body of the house has not been changed. Number of Stories: ^wo Materials of Construction; The foundations of the house are of brick; floors are of pine; exterior walls are painted brick; interior walls are of plaster over wooden laths; the roof is metal with standing seams; the columns are of concrete.

Other Existing Becords: 'Ehere is a picture of the Lomax house on the cover oft book called, "The Story of the Lomax House*. By Kr. Peter Brannon. She sketch is owned by the paragon Press. There is also a photograph of the Lomax House on page six of *|The Story of the Lomax House". !Phe photograph is pwned by Mr. P*ter Brannon; the book is in Mr. BrannonSs personal file in the Soldiers Bivision of the department of - Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. See; "SOUSE Off KiOT LOMAX" Prom Historic Homes of Alabama and their traditions. By Alabama Members; National League of American Pen Women. ALA - 607 Page ALA w itdditional Datas The Lomax House" is a most unusual type 51- [\4aM6 to find in this section of tiie country.

It is similar in style to the house of Maryland and Virginia rather than those of the deep south. Bie end gables by the two chimneys work in as part of the gable end which serves as a low parapet against which the roof outts. HJhe two storied entrance portico with a pediment is much more refined and graceful in its proportions than the usual work of its period. It is definitely of the Georgian origin rather than the Greek Revival. (The windows with the shutters and the small second floor balcony under the portico as well as the plan have a definite stamp of southern character on the building which is one of the most pretentious and one of the "best remaining examples of the old residences-" (Lutz). Source of Material* Mr.

Peter Brannon, Gurator of Department of Archives and History Montgomery, Alabama. Mr- Earl Lutz 313 Gatoma Street, Montgomery, Alabama. Compiled Catherine Floyd. Auburn, Alabama. Daniel Troy Montgomery, Alabama. Approved: K. Walter Burfchardt, District Officer, HABS. Auburn, Alabama.