William Rushton residence

The William Rushton residence was a Greek Revival-style mansion built in 1906 for William J. Rushton, Sr at 2900 Highland Avenue, on the northeast corner of the intersection with Iroquois Street (29th Street South). The rectangular 2-story house sat atop a broad terrace surrounded with a heavy wood balustrade. The front pediment was supported on four massive 2-story columns while the side porches were supported on smaller paired columns and had flat roof terraces above.

The Rushtons sold the house to Houston Drennen in 1922. Sue Drennen left the property to St Mary's on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church when she died in 1930. The house was subsequently torn down.

A postwar apartment building currently occupies the site. The stone stairs on the corner of Highland and 29th remain from the original 1906 construction.

References

• Dabney, Richard (2006) Birmingham's Highland Park. Images of America Series. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Press. ISBN 9780738543437