Vestavia, Country Home of Mr. Geo. B. Ward, Crest of Shades Mt., Birmingham, Ala.
Vestavia is the country home of the late Mr. Geo. B. Ward, on the crest of Shades Mountain, altitude 1,400 feet, 6 miles from Birmingham, Ala. The home is a replica of celebrated Temple of Vesta of Rome destroyed in the fifth century. Dimensions of building 70 feet high, 186 feet in circumference, 2...
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Vestavia is the country home of the late Mr. Geo. B. Ward, on the crest of Shades Mountain, altitude 1,400 feet, 6 miles from Birmingham, Ala. The home is a replica of celebrated Temple of Vesta of Rome destroyed in the fifth century. Dimensions of building 70 feet high, 186 feet in circumference, 20 columns, each 9 feet in circumference. |
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Vestavia, Country Home of Mr. Geo. B. Ward, Crest of Shades Mt., Birmingham, Ala.HousesBirmingham (Ala.)Jefferson County (Ala.)Vestavia is the country home of the late Mr. Geo. B. Ward, on the crest of Shades Mountain, altitude 1,400 feet, 6 miles from Birmingham, Ala. The home is a replica of celebrated Temple of Vesta of Rome destroyed in the fifth century. Dimensions of building 70 feet high, 186 feet in circumference, 20 columns, each 9 feet in circumference.Still Imagepostcardseb60701d-e548-4b94-847f-1a97a0f64745https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/19124https://images.quartexcollections.com/samford/thumbnails/preview/eb60701d-e548-4b94-847f-1a97a0f64745p-od002460English1930-19391940-1949This digital image is the property of the Samford University Library and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Special Collection, Samford University Library. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this or other images in this collection, please contact the Samford University Special Collection department at scdept@samford.edu. |
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Vestavia, Country Home of Mr. Geo. B. Ward, Crest of Shades Mt., Birmingham, Ala. |
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Vestavia, Country Home of Mr. Geo. B. Ward, Crest of Shades Mt., Birmingham, Ala. |
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Houses Birmingham (Ala.) Jefferson County (Ala.) |
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