Exploring Montgomery

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Craftsman house — This house seems to be the first home built on Galena Ave in Old Cloverdale. It was probably constructed about 1912 for an O A Richardson. The house has the basic accoutrements of the classic Federal style, over which has been applied many of the features brought on by the […]

Craftsman House

April 24, 2017 in Residential tagged craftsman / federal / mertins / richardson

Spencer Longshore — The beautifully kept Spencer Longshore House . . . at 3285 Bankhead Avenue. It was designed in the late 1930s to resemble the Federal Style popular along the Atlantic Coast during the 50 years following our Revolutionary War. However, the “broken-scrolled pediment” framing the entrance is a holdover from the […]

Spencer Longshore House

March 13, 2016 in Residential tagged colonial georgian / federal / longshore / spencer

Federal Courthouse — Completed 1933 on the site of the Court Street Methodist Church –which moved itself to the new Cloverdale suburb and became First Methodist. The 5-story structure faces Church Street and was designed in Renaissance Style by Montgomery’s renowned architect, Frank Lockwood –probably his outstanding work. It was added to the […]

Federal Courthouse (Old Post Office)

February 22, 2016 in Government tagged court house / federal / historic registry / post office