Jefferson Franklin Jackson House
Jefferson Franklin Jackson House | |
The house in 2009 | |
32°22′25″N 86°17′56″W / 32.37361°N 86.29889°W / 32.37361; -86.29889 | |
Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
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Built | 1853 |
NRHP reference No. | 84000711[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 17, 1984 |
Designated ARLH | July 21, 1978 |
The Jefferson Franklin Jackson House, commonly known as the Jackson-Community House, is a historic Italianate-style house in Montgomery, Alabama. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 21, 1978, and to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1984.[1][2]
History
The two-story frame house was built by Jefferson Franklin Jackson in 1853. Jackson served as a United States Attorney for northern and central Alabama. He died during the Civil War years. His wife subsequently remarried to Thomas H. Watts, Governor of Alabama from 1863 to 1865. Descendants of the family owned the house into the 20th century and it remained a residence until 1943.[3]
The house was purchased in 1943 by the Montgomery City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, an African American organization comprising twenty-five adult clubs and fifteen youth clubs, for use as a meeting place. The Montgomery City Federation had been formed in 1939 with a goal of promoting positive citizenship. The house became known as the Community House and was used as a Girl Scouts headquarters, a social and civic center, and, in December 1948, the first Montgomery library open to African Americans. Significantly, the house was used to host meetings of the Women's Political Council. They were the first group to officially call for a boycott of the racially segregated Montgomery bus system, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott.[4]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Alabama
- Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in Montgomery County, Alabama
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage". Alabama Historical Commission. www.preserveala.org. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "The Jackson House: A Unique Montgomery Legacy, 1853 - 1943". Jackson Community House. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "The Community House". Jackson Community House. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
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Landmarks
- Alabama State Capitol
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
- Montgomery Union Station and Trainshed
- United States Post Office and Courthouse – Montgomery
districts
- Alabama State University Historic District
- City of St. Jude Historic District
- Cloverdale Historic District
- Cottage Hill Historic District
- Court Square–Dexter Avenue Historic District
- Dowe Historic District
- Garden District
- Huntingdon College Campus Historic District
- Lower Commerce Street Historic District
- Maxwell Air Force Base Senior Officers' Quarters Historic District
- North Lawrence–Monroe Street Historic District
- Ordeman–Shaw Historic District
- Perry Street Historic District
- South Perry Street Historic District
properties
- Bell Building
- Brame House
- Patrick Henry Brittan House
- Building 800–Austin Hall
- Building 836–Community College of the Air Force Building
- Cassimus House
- Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638
- Jefferson Davis Hotel
- Edgewood
- First White House of the Confederacy
- Gay House
- Gerald–Dowdell House
- Governor's Mansion
- Grace Episcopal Church
- Harrington Archaeological Site
- Jefferson Franklin Jackson House
- Jere Shine Site
- Gov. Thomas G. Jones House
- McBryde–Screws–Tyson House
- Mt. Zion AME Zion Church
- Muklassa
- The Murphy House
- Old Ship African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Opp Cottage
- Pastorium, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
- Pepperman House
- Powder Magazine
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- Sayre Street School
- Scott Street Firehouse
- Semple House
- Shepherd Building
- Smith–Joseph–Stratton House
- Stay House
- Steiner–Lobman and Teague Hardware Buildings
- Stone Plantation
- Tankersley Rosenwald School
- Dr. C.A. Thigpen House
- Tulane Building
- Tyson–Maner House
- Winter Building
- Winter Place
- William Lowndes Yancey Law Office