Yancey, William Lowndes, Law Office
Building in Montgomery, Alabama. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The William Lowndes Yancey Law Office is located at the corner of Washington and Perry Streets in Montgomery, Alabama. It served as the law offices for one of the South's leading advocates of secession from the United States, William Lowndes Yancey, from 1846 until his death in 1863. He joined with John A. Elmore to form a legal firm after his resignation from Congress on September 1, 1846. Yancey wrote Alabama's Ordinance of Secession after the election of Abraham Lincoln and subsequently served as the Confederacy's Commissioner to England and France.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Adams and Perry Sts., Montgomery, AL |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Listed | Nov 7, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73000371 |
| Type of place | office building |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
Visiting
| Address | Adams and Perry Sts., Montgomery, AL |
| Coordinates | 32.37625, -86.30719 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail · 26 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Gunter Hill 9 mi · Holy Ground Shelters 22 mi · Prairie Creek (Al) 27 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73000371. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.