It all began as a gift.
The structure housing 1836 was built on this site circa 1872 as a wedding gift from Dr. Joshua Allen Thomason and wife Emily Jane Fisher Thomason to their daughter Sallie and son-in-law Rev. Jeremiah Ward rector of St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Huntsville. Originally constructed in the then new and popular Italianate Country Villa style, it has evolved over the many years into the structure which invites you today.