Montebrier is a historic

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and ...

in Brierfield, Alabama, United States. The -story frame structure was built circa 1853 by S.W. Mahan in a

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

cottage orné style. The house is notable for its use of lightly arched porch supports and wide

eave The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural sty ...

s that may show the influence of

Andrew Jackson Downing Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 – July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, writer, prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of ''The Horticulturist'' magazine (1846–1852). ...

's ''The Architecture of Country Houses''.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. . It currently remains in the Mahan family as a private residence and was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

on April 2, 1973.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Gothic Revival architecture in Alabama Houses completed in 1853 National Register of Historic Places in Bibb County, Alabama Houses in Bibb County, Alabama Plantation houses in Alabama {{BibbCountyAL-NRHP-stub

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