3 mi. NE of Talladega on AL 21, Talladega, Alabama. County/parish: Talladega.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000154.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The J. L. M. Curry House is a historic house and farm property near Talladega, Alabama. It was the home of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825–1903), a lawyer, politician, and educator who "did more than any one other man to encourage the expansion and improvement of the public school system and the establishment of training schools for teachers throughout the south. He was also largely responsible for convincing Southern legislators of the states' responsibility for public education." The house and surrounding farm was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835692