Here in Montgomery you face the First White House of the Confederacy, a large two-story wooden frame house. Built in 1835 in an Italianate style, this was the initial executive residence of President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis and his family during early 1861. The house was moved from its original location in 1919, and today it is completely furnished with original period pieces from the 1850s and 1860s and open to the public.
Look up at the painted white and green facade: five bays across the front and four along each side. Notice the heavy bracketed cornice that encircles the hipped roof; that cornice hides a ventilation system ornamented with a Liberty cap design, while the rear one-story wing carries a similar cornice with a flower design. The main block joins a one-story rear wing where two end-exterior chimneys stand on a foundation of brick piers. The exterior walls are weather-boarded.
This house has been honored on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974 and the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage since 2012. Notice the five bays, the bracketed cornice, and the twin chimneys that mark this facade.