James Duncan residence

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The James Duncan residence is a small house constructed in 1905 at 705 Huntsville Avenue in Tarrant by railroad conductor James Duncan for himself, his wife and eight children.

The wood-framed house has a central hallway with six rooms, and originally had front and back porches.


The Duncan family remained in the home until 1926. Later owners include J. Thurston and Zona Choates.

The Alabama By-Products Company donated the house to the Birmingham Historical Society in 1985. It was moved to on open area adjoining Sloss Furnaces to serve as a headquarters office for the Society and as an interpretive site, serving as an example of a type of house that would have been inhabited by furnace supervisors residing in Sloss Quarters. Society volunteers have added a "Grandmother's Garden" outside the house, planted with heirloom vegetables and flowers.

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