301 Eustis Avenue SE
Calhoun House
On this site stood the Calhoun House, used as a Federal Courthouse where desperado Frank James was tried and found not guilty, by jury trail, on April 25, 1884, for robbery of a government payroll near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, March 11, 1881. One of his defense attorneys was Huntsville's LeRoy Pope Walker, first secretary of war of the Confederalte States of America. - Alabama Historical Association, 1979.
District: Twickenham (855)
Location: Map ↗
On this site stood the Calhoun House, used as a Federal Courthouse where desperado Frank James was tried and found not guilty, by jury trail, on April 25, 1884, for robbery of a government payroll near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, March 11, 1881. One of his defense attorneys was Huntsville's LeRoy Pope Walker, first secretary of war of the Confederalte States of America. - Alabama Historical Association, 1979.
District: Twickenham (855)
Location: Map ↗
Audio History of 301 Eustis Avenue by Nancy Rohr
Nancy is the author of the following books about Huntsville's past which are available at Harrison Brothers Hardware or Shavers Books:
- An Alabama School Girl in Paris, 1842-1844: The Letters of Mary Fenwick Lewis and Her Family
- Echos of the Past: Old Mahogany Table Stories
- Incidents of the War: The Civil War Journal of Mary Jane Chadick
- Free People of Color in Madison County, Alabama
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Audio History of 301 Eustis AvenueSource: Nancy Rohr
Date: 2011Rights: Reproduced with the permission of Nancy Rohr
Related Links:
Twickenham Survey - Description of 301 Eustis Avenue SE/219 Greene Street SE in the Twickenham Historic Register Application, Section 7, Page 37