Click image to enlarge. Elegant nineteenth- and early twentieth-century mansions once lined Greensboro Avenue in Tuscaloosa. Today, the George Searcy House is one of the few surviving buildings from that era. At a time when “Old South” nostalgia was gaining popularity, Searcy, a prominent local businessman, chose large Ionic columns for the front of his home. The building retains many of its original details, including an unusual cylindrical spiral staircase salvaged from an earlier Tuscaloosa home. However, the six massive columns that once graced the imposing facade were removed.
The house was later renovated for the County Board of Education offices. The Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society, the Tuscaloosa County Commission, and the Phoenix House were partners in the 1980s renovation. Today, this fine neoclassical building is vacant and was recently sold at auction.
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