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University of Alabama, Josiah Gorgas House, Ninth Avenue & Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL
Summary
Significance: Gorgas House served as the last residence of General Josiah Gorges, the Pennsylvania-born chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance, and is the "only" known shrine to this Confederate General. It is one of only four buildings of the original University of Alabama campus that survived the federal destruction during the Civil War.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3
Survey number: HABS AL-203
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Benz, Sue, transmitter
Location
Tuscaloosa, 33.21219, -87.54596
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
