Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens, Greek Revival mansion and gardens in Birmingham, United States.
Arlington Antebellum Home is a two-story Greek Revival mansion with six square columns that sits on landscaped grounds featuring shaped gardens and open spaces. The eight-room house functions as a museum where visitors can tour the period furnishings and explore the property.
Stephen Hall, a settler from Georgia, acquired seventeen acres here and built the first house in 1822; his son Samuel inherited it in 1840 but died two years later, and the debt-ridden property was auctioned for 600 dollars to William S. Mudd. Mudd, a circuit court judge in Elyton for over twenty years, married Florence Earle in 1846 and had enslaved laborers and craftsmen build the present eight-room Greek Revival mansion between 1845 and 1850, naming the site The Grove. In 1865 Union troops used the house during Wilson's Raid, and the burning of the University of Alabama started from here.
The interior displays collections of 19th-century decorative arts and furnishings that reflect how prosperous families lived before the Civil War. Walking through the rooms, you can see how people arranged their homes and valued the craftsmanship of their possessions.
The property is easy to navigate on foot with well-maintained paths through the house and gardens. It is helpful to check opening hours in advance, as they may vary by season and change for special events.
This property is the only surviving antebellum mansion in Birmingham, making it a rare example of the period's architecture in the city. The restored garden room now hosts contemporary events, showing how the estate has adapted to modern use.
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