355 North College Street

North College Street Historic District

Intensive Survey of February 13, 2006 (prior to local designation)

Resource 30. Circa 1926. 355 North College Street. A.L. Thomas House.
Two Story multi-gable, 6/12 slope. Mediterranean (Mission) style.
Stucco exterior (H shape). Tower/turret. Architect was N. C. Curtis of
New Orleans. This property was Creek Indian land, deeded in 1840 to a
land speculator, Dozier Thornton. By 1872 it was owned by Wallace
Drake, who built the first house on the street. It was a one-story Greek
Revival cottage (the Boykin-Guthney house is now located at the corner
of Bragg Avenue and Sanders Street). A.L. Thomas, Sr. was an
engineering professor at Auburn University. He established the first Boy
Scout troop in Auburn (1911), directed the Auburn University Band,
orchestra and glee club from 1906-1921. Contributing resource.

Inventory of October 19, 1978 (prior to National Register designation, Old Main
and North Street Historic District)

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Auburn, Alabama 36830
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