Beaumont House

The Beaumont House (or Cummings-Eastis-Beamount House) is a historic residence located at 4180 Glenbrook Drive off Montevallo Road in Birmingham's Crestline neighborhood. It is considered the oldest house in Shades Valley. The original log cabin, which was one-and-a-half stories tall, was built in the 1820s. A board and batten addition has been dated as late as the 1860s.

During the Civil War, in 1863, Cummings and his wife, Malinda Armstrong, moved and the house was sold to Wallace McElwain, owner of the nearby Cahaba Furnace, who used it for the furnace's commissary. It was the first store for settlers in Shades Valley, allowing them to avoid a trip across Red Mountain to Elyton. When the furnace was destroyed in 1865 by Wilson's Raid, the commissary was spared.

Around 1870, the house was occupied by James Eastis and his wife Nancy Moses. The Eastises were a prominent early family of the area and owned 115 acres of what is now known as Crestline Heights. James' father gave some of that land to establish the McElwain School and the McElwain Cemetery. James himself donated land to establish the Crestline School and Hardie Chapel. The Eastis family sold their land in 1910.

In 1951 the house was bought by Edward Beaumont. The home's address was listed as 4151 Montevallo Road until at least 1976.

References

• Satterfield, Carolyn Green (1976) Historic Sites of Jefferson County, Alabama. Birmingham: Jefferson County Historical Commission/Gray Printing Company
• Historic marker as documented at Waymarking.com