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Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens

Birmingham, Italy

Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens

Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens, or Arlington Historic House, is a former plantation and 6 acres (24,000 m2) of landscaped gardens near downtown Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The two-story frame structure was built by enslaved people between 1845–50. Its style is antebellum-era Greek Reviv

al architecture. The house serves as a decorative arts museum, featuring a collection of 19th-century furniture, textiles, silver, and paintings. The garden features a restored garden room that is used for special events. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1970, as Arlington, and has also been known as the Mudd-Munger House.

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