Oak Place, Huntsville

Name: Oak Place
Address: Huntsville, United States

#95 among attractions in Huntsville

Greek Revival architecture, Vernacular architecture

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Oak Place is a historic residence in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built by renowned Huntsville architect George Steele in 1840 on 320 acres. Steele designed a number of buildings across the South, including the First National Bank building in Huntsville, and the second Madison County Courthouse, which stood from 1840 until 1914. Similar to many of his buildings, Steele designed Oak Place house in a Greek Revival style, although much more restrained in detail. ()

Built: 1840 (184 years ago)Coordinates: 34°44'40"N, 86°33'52"W

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Northeast HuntsvilleHuntsville United States

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Oak Place – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Weeden House Museum, Monte Sano Nature Preserve, Randolph Street Church of Christ, Harrison Brothers Hardware.

1.4 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Weeden House Museum, Huntsville
37 min walk • The Weeden House Museum is a historic two-story house in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1819 for Henry C. Bradford, and designed in the Federal architectural style.
1.4 miSE
Hiking trail, Hiking
Monte Sano Nature Preserve, Huntsville
35 min walk • Monte Sano Nature Preserve is, at 1,107 acres, one of the largest urban nature preserves in the US and is located on Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama. The Land Trust of North Alabama manages the nature preserve and Land Trust volunteers have created 23+ miles of public trails.
1.5 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Randolph Street Church of Christ, Huntsville
38 min walk • The Randolph Street Church of Christ is a historic church in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1887 in a Gothic Revival style similar to rural churches, but built of brick. Rather than a central entrance, the tower contains doors under pointed toplights on the sides, and a double lancet window joined under a pointed arch.
1.5 miSW
34°43'47"N • 86°35'4"W
Harrison Brothers Hardware, Huntsville
39 min walk • Museum, Shopping
1.3 miSW
Synagogue, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Temple B'nai Sholom, Huntsville
34 min walk • Temple B'nai Sholom is a historic synagogue in Huntsville, Alabama. The Reform congregation was founded in 1876, with the current building dedicated November 26, 1899. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. It was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 29, 1977.
1 miS
Playground, Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville
25 min walk • Maple Hill Cemetery is the oldest and largest cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded on two acres in about the year 1822, it now encompasses nearly 100 acres and contains over 80,000 burials.
0.6 miSW
Neighbourhood
Five Points Historic District, Huntsville
16 min walk • The Five Points Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama in the vicinity and east of the intersection of Holmes Avenue, Pratt Avenue, California Street, and Andrew Jackson Way.
1.5 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Huntsville
38 min walk • Episcopal Church of the Nativity is a church in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1859. It is noted as one of the most pristine examples of Ecclesiological Gothic architecture in the South.
1.3 miSW
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture
Twickenham Historic District, Huntsville
34 min walk • Twickenham Historic District was the first historic district designated in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1973, with a boundary increase on May 26, 2015.
1 miS
Monuments and statues
Confederate Soldier Memorial, Huntsville
26 min walk • The Confederate Soldier Memorial, or Confederate Monument, is located in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.
1.4 miSW
Frat house
Helion Lodge 1, Huntsville
35 min walk • Helion Lodge #1 is a Masonic lodge in Huntsville, Alabama. It is the oldest operating lodge of Freemasons in the state. According to Grand Historian Joseph Abram Jackson's Masonry in Alabama, it is "the birthplace of Freemasonry in Alabama." Helion Lodge is also the common name for the building, built in 1911, where the lodge meets.

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Which popular attractions are close to Oak Place?

Nearby attractions include Five Points Historic District, Huntsville (16 min walk), Withers-Chapman House, Huntsville (22 min walk), Dallas Mill, Huntsville (24 min walk).