Catlin Wilson House, Greek Revival residence in Alabama, United States

Catlin Wilson House is a residential building built in the Greek Revival style in Alabama. It features distinctive columns at the front and a symmetrical layout that defines American residential architecture from the early 1800s.

Built in 1844 as a one-story wood-framed Greek Revival house, it was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936. It was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on November 5, 1976, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1982, as part of the Antebellum Homes in Eutaw Thematic Resource for its architectural significance.

The house's name links it to Catlin Wilson, while it is also known as the Murphy Dunlap House, recalling later owners. Its four Doric columns and pedimented portico copy Greek temple fronts, a style Eutaw's antebellum builders used for homes. The Historic American Buildings Survey recorded it in 1936.

The house stands in Eutaw, Alabama, and is a private residence, so visitors see it from the street; the four Doric columns and pedimented portico face the front facade. Look for the three central bays the portico shelters. Since no interior tours are documented, plan a short exterior stop and combine it with other Eutaw houses in the thematic resource.

Using classical Greek design principles in a private home was unusual and shows how committed wealthy Southerners were to presenting themselves like ancient elites. Such houses were often designed by architects who learned these European styles mainly from books and descriptions.