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This article is about the William Brockman Bankhead house in Jasper, AL. For the John Hollis Bankhead house, see Bankhead House (Jasper, Alabama).

The William Brockman Bankhead Colonial Revival style house in Jasper, Walker County, Alabama, was built in 1925.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 2022.[4]

A member of the Democratic party, Bankhead (1874-1940) represented Alabama in the United States House of Representatives, alternately in the 7th and 10th Congressional districts, March 4, 1917 – September 15, 1940. He was elected to be the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 1936, serving in that position for the remainder of his service in Congress.[5] In August 1937, his actress daughter Tallulah Bankhead wed fellow actor John Emery in this house.[6]

Following Congressman Bankhead's 1940 death, the house went on the market. Subsequent owners were slacking in upkeep of the property. The Walker Area Community Foundation, aided by private donations, stepped in and rescued the property from its state of disrepair.[7] In the year 2010, financier John T. Oliver Jr., who had married Congressman Bankhead's great niece Barbara Bankhead,[8] created the Bankhead House & Heritage Center charitable organization for the purpose of restoring the property.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage as of April 7, 2023" (PDF). ahc.alabama.gov. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Bankhead House and Heritage Center". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Weekly List 2022 07 01 - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Bankhead, William B." Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Cruella de Vil Is Wicked—But Tallulah Bankhead Was Even Wilder". Vanity Fair. 25 May 2021.
  7. ^ "The People's Home". 78 Magazine. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Walter Will Bankhead dies; 26 Nov 1988; The Montgomery Advertiser; 17". The Montgomery Advertiser. 26 November 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 14 July 2023.;"John T. Oliver". The Alabama Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved 14 July 2023.;"Barbara Oliver Obituary - Jasper, AL". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 14 July 2023.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brockman_Bankhead_House