Bankhead House, Classical Revival house in Jasper, Alabama, United States

Bankhead House is a two-story wood-frame Classical Revival mansion with a stone foundation and hipped roof. A one-story portico spans the full width of the front (east) facade and partly wraps around each side; at the central bay it projects and rises as a two-tiered portico framing the main entrance. A porte cochere projects from the porch on the south side, and most windows have one lite per sash.

The house was built in 1910 for John H. Bankhead, who served in the Alabama Legislature before moving on to the U.S. House of Representatives and later the U.S. Senate. His long political career gave the property a place in both local and national history.

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead and her sister Eugenia were raised at Sunset, as the house is also called, when Congress was not in session. After their mother died of sepsis less than a month after Tallulah's birth, their grandmother Tallulah James Brockman Bankhead largely reared them here. Tallulah later became an award-winning actress.

The house sits in central Jasper and is easy to reach on foot from nearby streets. It is worth checking in advance whether guided tours or events are running on the day you plan to visit.

The house has a porte cochere, a covered side entrance that allowed carriages and early automobiles to pull up under a roof so passengers could step out without being exposed to rain. This kind of addition was a clear signal of social standing in the early 1900s.