Looney House

	Looney House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The house in January 2010
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Location	5 miles west of Ashville, Alabama on Greenport Rd.
Coordinates	33°49′16″N 86°11′33″W / 33.82111°N 86.19250°WCoordinates: 33°49′16″N 86°11′33″W / 33.82111°N 86.19250°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1818
NRHP reference No.	74002179
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1974

The Looney House is a historic residence near Ashville, Alabama. The house was built in 1818 by Henry Looney and his father John. Henry Looney was a veteran of the War of 1812 and fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and Fort Strother under the command of Andrew Jackson. The house was built near the creek 7 miles (11 km) from the city of Ashville. In 1820, it was moved further up the hill along the creek as a result of the large amount of mosquitoes in the area during the summer time being an unbearable annoyance to the family. Jane Rutherford, daughter of John and Peggy Ash (for whom Ashville was named), married Henry Looney in 1838.

In 1892 the house was sold to brothers John L. and Sam Houston Lonnergan. The Lonnergan family sold the house to Joseph R. Creitz in 1947, who in turn sold it to the St. Clair County Historical Society for restoration as a museum.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
^ Floyd, W. Warner (October 25, 1974). "Looney House". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2017.

[2] Floyd, W. Warner (October 25, 1974). "Looney House". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.

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