The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. The case depicts the Biblical story of the "Vision of Ezechiel." Ambrotype is 4.25 by 5.5 inches.
According to a note, the young man died on January 12, 1860. The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Tintype is 3.25 by 4.25 inches.
The child appears to be the younger brother of the adolescent boy in #272. The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2 x 2.5 inches.
The boy appears to be the older brother of the child in #271. The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2 x 2.5 inches.
The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2.75 x 3.25 inches.
The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2 x 2.5 inches.
The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2 x 2.5 inches. The image is covered with spots.
The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Ambrotype is 2.75 x 3.25 inches.
"This beautiful old plantation home was built by Jonathan A. Burleson in 1841, and has been occupied since by his descendants. From its vantage point atop beautiful Burleson Mountain, one can see a large part of 11,000 acres of fertile farm land...
"Built by Eli Sims Shorter and Wileyna Lamar Shorter in 1906, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognizes the mansion as an excellent example of Greek Revival Architecture. Mansion furnished in antiques. Located 340 Eufaula Ave., N.,...
"Sturdivant Hall - the old Watts-Parkman-Gilman Mansion. Built in 1852 for Col Edward Watts. The Architect was Thomas Helm Lee, a cousin of General R. E. Lee. The house has been restored to Pre-Civil War grandeur and is open to the public at a fee....
Eli Shorter II was the grandson of Reuben Shorter. At the time of the photograph (circa 1930s), this was the home of Fannie Shorter Upshaw, the great-granddaughter of Reuben Shorter. The house is now known as the "Shorter Mansion."