Montebrier

	Montebrier
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Main gate at Montebrier. The house is not visible from the public right-of-way.
Location	N of Brierfield on Mahan Creek, Brierfield, Alabama
Coordinates	33°2′33″N 86°54′17″W / 33.04250°N 86.90472°W
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1853
Architect	Mahan, S.W.
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	73000331
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1973

Montebrier is a historic plantation house in Brierfield, Alabama, United States. The 1+1⁄2-story frame structure was built circa 1853 by S.W. Mahan in a Gothic Revival cottage orné style. The house is notable for its use of lightly arched porch supports and wide eaves that may show the influence of Andrew Jackson Downing's The Architecture of Country Houses.^[2] It currently remains in the Mahan family as a private residence and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1973.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ 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. ISBN 0-8173-1134-3.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[gamble-2] 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. ISBN 0-8173-1134-3.

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