Dickenson House
537 S. Conecuh St., Greenville, ALThe Dickenson House (c1890) is a good local example of a south Alabama vernacular house type distinguished by a square, symmetrical exterior main block with a truncated pyramidal roof with gable extensions and a wrap-around front porch. This architectural form was built between c1880 and c1915. The truncated pyramidal roof topped with a flat platform exhibited by the Dickenson House is typical of southeastern houses of the period primarily found along the railroad lines between Columbus, Georgia, and Mobile, Alabama. Various stylistic treatments were applied to the porches and interiors of this house type including Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and early Bungalow details. The Dickenson House has Ionic porch columns and Queen Anne Interior features.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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