Arlington was built by Judge William S. Mudd, one of the ten founders of Birmingham. Built between 1845 and 1850 in the Greek Revival style, Arlington predates the founding of Birmingham in 1871. It is the city's only remaining antebellum home.
The large, eight-room, two-story white frame house is adorned with six Doric box columns and four center-end chimneys. A long piazza across the front protects the central entry, which includes a doorway based on a design by renowned architect Asher Benjamin as well as a paneled entrance with sidelights and full entablatures.
During the
Civil War, Arlington Antebellum home was spared from destruction when Union
troops used the home as headquarters while they planned the burning of the
University of Alabama.
This is the sitting room...
A beautiful square grand piano.
The mirrors were covered as they did in the summer time when they opened all the doors and windows, to kept things less dusty.
The dining room...
Upstairs bedroom...
Baby's cradle and toys...
Another bedroom...
same bedroom, different view...
Wash stand in another bedroom...
A gentleman's hat and walking cane...
Arlington's hydrangeas
were in full bloom...
Lavender...
Out in the back of the house is a reproduction kitchen...with a garden of vegetables and herbs.
A beautiful doorknob...I love walking through old houses with furniture that fits the time they were built. It's sad to think this is the only antebellum house left in Birmingham.
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