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Year Constructed: 1853

"This unusually large 3 story brick urban dwelling has a 2 story offset wing and service area. It is important both historically and architecturally to the city. It was the home of Price Williams, a Virginia native. He became a leading businessman in Mobile and constructed the building in 1853. From 1854 to 1863 it was the home of Col. Jones M. Withers, West Point graduate and veteran of the Creek, Mexican and Civil Wars. Withers also served two terms as Mayor of Mobile. During the Civil War, Admiral Franklin Buchannan, (Confederate Naval Commander of the Merrimac), and Tennessee during the Battle for Mobile Bay in 1864, occupied the third floor. In style, the building is a blend of Federal and Greek Revival influences with decorative cast iron applied to the facade. The cast iron is done in three different styles: the geometric, the naturalistic, and a composite style that blends both geometric and naturalistic elements. The third floor balustrade is representative of this composite style. The Williams House was restored in 1981 for residential use."

National Register of Historic Places