President's Mansion, Greek Revival residence at University of Alabama, US

President's Mansion is a residential building in Greek Revival style at the University of Alabama, featuring white columns, symmetrical windows, and ornamental cornices across its facade. The structure displays the architectural elements typical of this period and remains a centerpiece of campus design.

The building was constructed in 1841 and ranks among the state's earliest Greek Revival structures. It survived the Civil War destruction of the campus and remained one of the few original buildings from the university's formative years.

The mansion has housed every university president since Basil Manly Sr., its first occupant in 1841. Louisa Frances Garland, wife of president Landon Garland, reportedly saved the house in April 1865 by persuading Union soldiers to put out the fire they had set. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of January 14, 1972.

The mansion stands on the south side of The Quad, its front facade facing the campus green. It remains the president's private residence, so visitors view the exterior and the hexastyle Ionic portico from the walkways rather than entering. The 1908 white exterior and the ashlar-look ground floor are best seen in daylight from the Quad.

The mansion was one of only seven campus buildings spared when Union cavalry burned the university on April 4, 1865. Tradition holds that Louisa Frances Garland, wife of president Landon Garland, arrived from Bryce Hospital as soldiers piled furniture inside to set it alight and persuaded them to douse the flames.