page_title: Huntsville, Alabama
section_title: Incorporation
hierarchical_section_title: Huntsville, Alabama / History / Incorporation
caption_attribution_description: English: Title Wade House, Huntsville vic., Madison County, Alabama Contributor Names Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer Created / Published 1939. Subject Headings - United States--Alabama--Madison County--Huntsville vic. - Columns. - Porticoes (Porches). - Houses. - Abandoned buildings. - Alabama--Madison County--Huntsville Vic Format Headings Photographic prints. Notes - Title from photographer's inventory. - Related name: R.B. Wade. - Brick columns. - Corresponding Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South neg. no. is LC-J7-ALA-1094. Negative was not found in 2009. - Forms part of: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (Library of Congress). Medium 1 photographic print. Call Number/Physical Location LOT 11833-45 [item] [P&amp;P] Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Digital Id csas 00102 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/csas.00102 Control Number csas200800103 Reproduction Number LC-DIG-csas-00102 (digital file from print) Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication. Online Format image Description 1 photographic print.
context_page_description: Huntsville is a city in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama. It is the county seat of Madison County but extends west into neighboring Limestone County and south into Morgan County.
  It was founded in 1805 and became an incorporated town in 1811. The city grew across nearby hills north of the Tennessee River, adding textile mills, then munitions factories, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command nearby at the Redstone Arsenal. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Huntsville to its "America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2010" list.
  The city's population was 180,105 in 2010, making it Alabama's fourth-largest city. Huntsville is the largest city in the five-county Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. The Huntsville metropolitan area's population was 417,593 in 2010, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in the state. The Huntsville metro's population reached 462,693 by 2018.
context_section_description: In 1811, Huntsville became the first incorporated town in Alabama. However, the recognized "founding" year of the city is 1805, the year of John Hunt's arrival. The city celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1955 and its bicentennial in 2005.
  David Wade arrived in Huntsville in 1817. He built the David Wade House on the north side of what is now Bob Wade Lane (Robert B. Wade was David's grandson) just east of Mt. Lebanon Road. It had six rough Doric columns on the portico.
  During the Great Depression, the Wade House was measured as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) to be included in the government's Archive and was photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston for the project. This project put architects, draftsmen, and photographers to work to create an inventory of documentation and photographs of significant properties across the country. The house had already been abandoned for years and was considerably deteriorated. It was torn down in 1952. Today only the antebellum smokehouse, an imposing structure itself, survives at the property.
caption: Wade House, 1939, by Frances Benjamin Johnston
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