Rice-Semple-Haardt House

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Semple House
File:Rice-Semple-Haardt House May09.jpg
The Rice-Semple-Haardt House in 2009
Location 725 Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama
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Area less than one acre
Built 1851 (1851)
NRHP Reference # 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

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