Gay House

The Gay House is a two-story wooden residence on Noble Avenue that displays the characteristic features of the Queen Anne style with intricate wooden ornaments and details. The structure combines typical design elements of the period with crafted features that reflect the architectural tastes of affluent residents in early 1900s Montgomery.

The house was built in 1900 by the Hugger Brothers Construction Company for Charles Linn Gay, a Montgomery businessman who occupied it until 1928. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and lost this designation when fire destroyed it in 2007.

The house represented the architectural preferences of affluent Alabama residents during the early twentieth century through its grand design and construction methods.

The site is no longer accessible today since the building was destroyed by fire and only remains a vacant lot. Visitors can locate the address on Noble Avenue in Montgomery to experience the historical location, though the actual structure is gone.

After the 2007 fire, the remaining components and materials of the house were later salvaged and sold in 2011 to architectural salvage dealers. This allowed some of the original crafted elements to be preserved and reused in other restoration projects elsewhere.