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Montebrier

Coordinates: 33°2′33″N 86°54′17″W / 33.04250°N 86.90472°W / 33.04250; -86.90472
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Montebrier
Main gate at Montebrier. The house is not visible from the public right-of-way.
Montebrier is located in Alabama
Montebrier
Montebrier is located in the United States
Montebrier
LocationN of Brierfield on Mahan Creek, Brierfield, Alabama
Coordinates33°2′33″N 86°54′17″W / 33.04250°N 86.90472°W / 33.04250; -86.90472
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1853
ArchitectMahan, S.W.
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.73000331[1]
Added to NRHPApril 2, 1973

Montebrier is a historic plantation house in Brierfield, Alabama, United States. The 1+12-story frame structure was built circa 1853 by S.W. Mahan in a Gothic Revival cottage orné style. The house is notable for its use of lightly arched porch supports and wide eaves that may show the influence of Andrew Jackson Downing's The Architecture of Country Houses.[2] It currently remains in the Mahan family as a private residence and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1973.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Gamble, Robert Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810–1930, pages 107-108. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8173-1134-3.