Ross Knox House, historic house in Alabama, United States

The Ross Knox House is a two-story brick and stucco residence in Mobile, Alabama, completed in 1929 and designed by John Platt Roberts. Its front elevation reads as a one-story Tudor cottage, while the rear reveals a full second story. Steeply pitched gables, half-timbering with stucco infill, prominent chimneys and casement windows define the exterior.

The house was built in 1929 and designed by architect John Platt Roberts, who applied the Tudor Revival style to the project. Ross Knox acquired the property in 1933, while later Judge Herndon Inge Jr. occupied it from 1959 for over four decades, reflecting the long history of changing owners and their impact on the property.

The house takes its name from Ross Knox, president of the Lucas E. Moore Stave Company of Georgia, a cooperage and supply firm; he bought it in 1933 and sold it in 1942. It stands in Country Club Estates, the upper-class Mobile suburb laid out in the 1920s where it was built.

The Ross Knox House is a private residence on a residential street in Mobile and is not open to the public, so visitors view it only from the sidewalk. From there the front elevation reads as a one-story Tudor cottage; the full second story shows at the rear. Look for the casement windows, half-timbering with stucco infill and the tall chimneys.

Judge Herndon Inge Jr. bought the house in 1959 and lived in it for over 40 years. During World War II he was held as a German prisoner of war, and his experiences were featured in Ken Burns' PBS documentary The War.