Hawthorne House, plantation house in Pine Apple, Alabama, United States

Hawthorne House is a two-story wood-frame house built in 1854 for Joseph Richard Hawthorne by builder Ezra Plumb in Pine Apple, Alabama. Also known as Col. J. R. Hawthorne House, it was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937.

The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1854 for Joseph Richard Hawthorne by builder Ezra Plumb. Hawthorne, born in North Carolina in 1805, moved to Conecuh County in the 1830s and settled in Pine Apple in the 1850s, owning plantations in Conecuh and Wilcox counties until his death there in 1889. Sold out of the family, it was bought back in 1935 by Gladys Hawthorne Whitaker and her brother Dr. Julian Hawthorne, who restored it; it stayed in the family until her death in 1980.

The house is named for Joseph Richard Hawthorne, who had it built in 1854 and died in Pine Apple in 1889. It stayed in his family until 1980, when Gladys Hawthorne Whitaker, who had bought it back in 1935 with her brother Dr. Julian Hawthorne, died. Dr. Edward Childs of Mobile bought it after her death.

The house is a private residence and not open to visitors for interior viewing, but it remains visible from the street. Travelers passing through Pine Apple can observe the historic structure from the roadside while respecting its current use as a home.

The house was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937, and its National Register listing of March 7, 1985 uses the spelling "Hawtorn House". After Joseph Hawthorne died in 1889 the property left the family, until Gladys Hawthorne Whitaker and her brother Dr. Julian Hawthorne, a New York physician, bought it back in 1935.