Winter Place
- Also Known As: Thorington House
- Also Known As: Winter House
- Address: 454 S Goldwaite St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1851/09/06 | Joseph S P Winter | Owner | Joseph S Winter purchases property from George and Mildred Holcombe. | |||
| 1860/00/00 | Joseph S P Winter | Owner | At some point late in the 1850s, Joseph Winter begins building a pair of Italianate houses. In 1860, Jospeph Winter lives at the Madison House, a local hotel. | |||
| 1870/00/00 | Mary Gindrat Winter | Home | John Gindrat Winter, son of Joseph Winter, and his wife, Sarah Verdier Calhoun Winter, live in the North House at Winter Place. | |||
| 1895/07/03 | Joseph S P Winter | Died | Joseph S P Winter dies in Montgomery, Alabama. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery at 829 Columbus St, Montgomery, AL. | |||
| 1896/00/00 | Sallie Winter Thorington | Home | Upon her mother's death, Sallie Winter Thorington inherits the South House at Winter Place. Sallie Thorington will live in here until her death in 1935, when the property will be acquired by her daughter, Bessie May Thorington. | |||
| 1904/00/00 | Sarah Calhoun Winter inherits the North House upon her husband's death in 1904. | |||||
| 1909/00/00 | Zelda Fitzgerald | Home Locale | The Sayres family rents 6 Pleasant Avenue (lost) in Montgomery, Alabama. The residence, a block south of Winter Place, was demolished in the 1970s. | |||
| 1918/06/00 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Author | Scott Fitzgerald is posted at Camp Sheridan (lost) in Montgomery, Alabama, where he reworks the "The Romantic Egotist" and meets Zelda Sayre. Zelda and Scott may have been introduced at a Thorington tea party in the South House. | This Side of Paradise (book) | Marriage of Zelda Sayre and F Scott Fitzgerald | |
| 1945/11/07 | After leasing the North House for some years, Sarah Calhoun Winter sells it to Jacob N Leibovici. | |||||
| 1951/01/10 | Winter Thorington | Home | Winter Thorington buys the North House from Jacob N and Rosa N Leibovici, and divides both the North and South houses into apartments. | |||
| 1995/00/00 | Winter Place will serve as an apartment complex until the mid 1990s, when the houses are severely damage during a series of hurricanes. |
| Particulars for Winter Place: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Architectural Style | Italianate |
| Owner | Private |
| Architectural Style | Second Empire |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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