Rice-Semple-Haardt House

Historic house in Alabama, United States

United States historic place


Semple House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Rice-Semple-Haardt House in 2009
32°22′44″N 86°17′56″W / 32.37889°N 86.29889°W / 32.37889; -86.29889
Area	less than one acre
Built	1851 (1851)
NRHP reference No.	72000174^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 27, 1972

The Rice-Semple-Haardt House is a historic house in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S..

History

The house was built in the early 1850s for Samuel Farrow Rice, who served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate, and later as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.^[2]

In the late 1860s, the house was purchased by Henry Churchill Semple, a veteran of the Confederate States Army.^[2] The house remained in the Semple family until 1924.^[2] It was later acquired by John Haardt, a realtor, and used as offices.^[2]

By 1970, it was purchased by the state of Alabama.^[2]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 27, 1972.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Semple House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
^ "Semple House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.