Withers-Chapman House

Huntsville, United States

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The Withers-Chapman House is a Federal-style residence in Huntsville, Alabama, built circa 1835 by Allen Christian as the centerpiece of a prosperous dairy farm. After Christian's death, the property passed to Augustine and Mary Withers, and later to former Governor Reuben Chapman in 1873, remaining in his family until 1971. The one-and-a-half-story white clapboard structure exemplifies early Federal design enriched with Greek Revival details, particularly its pedimented portico supported by four Tuscan columns and flanked by tall sash windows. Chimneys project through end gables, and the original floor plan features a central hall dividing parlor and dining room from two bedrooms. A central chimney and rear shed-roofed porch were added in the 1930s, and a rear eastern porch was enclosed for bathrooms in the 1960s. Now set on a two-acre hillside lot amid suburban development, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.