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Magnolia Grove is a historic Greek Revival mansion in Greensboro, Alabama.〔 The house was named for the grove of Southern magnolias in which it stands. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1973, due to its architectural and historical significance.〔 It now serves as a historic house museum and is operated by the Alabama Historical Commission.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Magnolia Grove )〕 ==History== Magnolia Grove was built in 1840 for Isaac Croom and his wife, Sarah Pearson Croom.〔 Croom was a lawyer and planter from Lenoir County, North Carolina and one of the contributing founders of The University of the South at Sewanee.〔 Sarah was the sister of Richmond Mumford Pearson, a prominent pro-Union politician and Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Isaac Croom died in 1863, with Sarah following him in 1878. They left no living children, so the estate passed to Sarah C. Pearson, the daughter of Richmond Mumford Pearson. Sarah Pearson married to James M. Hobson, also of North Carolina. James Hobson would eventually serve as probate judge of Hale County for over twenty years. The Hobson family moved to Greensboro and raised four sons and three daughters at Magnolia Grove. The Hobson's most famous offspring was Richmond Pearson Hobson, a naval hero of the Spanish–American War who would later serve as a U.S. Representative from Alabama.〔 He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1933 for his actions aboard the USS ''Merrimac'' during the Spanish-American War and in 1934, by special act of the United States Congress, he was advanced to Naval Constructor with a rank of Rear Admiral.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hobson, Richmond Pearson )〕 Hobson resigned from active naval duty in 1903 to begin a career as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Alabama. He served from March 4, 1907 until March 3, 1915, and during that time proposed more than 20 constitutional amendments to ban alcohol. He was denied the Democratic nomination in 1916 to the 65th Congress. He then organized the American Alcohol Education Association in 1921, organized the International Narcotic Education Association in 1923, organized the World Conference on Narcotic Education in 1926, and founded the World Narcotic Defense Association in 1927.〔 These activities have caused some to label him as the "Father of American Prohibition."〔 On January 22, 1942, the ''Gleaves''-class destroyer, USS ''Hobson'', was commissioned in his honor posthumously.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Constructor Richmond Pearson Hobson )〕 Magnolia Grove was dedicated as a state shrine in his honor on May 1, 1947.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magnolia Grove (Greensboro, Alabama)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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