Rice-Semple-Haardt House

The Rice-Semple-Haardt House is a historic house in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S..

Semple House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Rice-Semple-Haardt House in 2009
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Location	725 Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama
Coordinates	32°22′44″N 86°17′56″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1851 (1851)
NRHP reference No.	72000174[1]
Added to NRHP	September 27, 1972

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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Semple House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
3. "Semple House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.