Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Cassimus House

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 12, 2019

1. Cassimus House Marker

Inscription. This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Immigration. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.

Location. 32° 22.716′ N, 86° 17.787′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is on North Jackson Street north of Pelham Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 N Jackson St, Montgomery AL 36104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance

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of this marker: Alabama War Veterans Monument (a few steps from this marker); South East Asia Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Sycamore Tree (approx. ¼ mile away); Charles Oscar Harris Family Home (approx. ¼ mile away); Flame of Freedom (approx. ¼ mile away); "Third National Confederate Flag" (approx. ¼ mile away); Second National Confederate Flag (approx. ¼ mile away); Alabama Confederate Monument (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.

Regarding Cassimus House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

Speridon Cassimus, a married man with two children, left his native home of Othonior, Corfu, and his family, with the promise that once enough money was earned, he would return to bring them to America. From the profits of the successful wholesale fruit business which he operated on Bibb Street he accomplished this goal in 1892 and was successful enough to have purchased the lot and begun construction of the home. When he returned from Greece with his family, he brought with him fig trees, flowering Sparta bushes and many other garden variety plumb to use around his home.

Also see . . .
1. Cassimus House.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 25, 2023

2. Cassimus House Marker

The obelisk near the house is a war memorial erected by the American Legion to honor “Alabama Veterans of all wars”.

National Register nomination (PDF) and photographs (separate PDF) for the house, which was listed in 1976. (National Park Service) (Submitted on March 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Monument of Greek-American Immigration: Cassimus House of Montgomery, Alabama. It was erected by Speridon Cassimus, the younger of two Greek brothers who, with their father, moved to Montgomery sometime around 1878, the first documented Greek immigrants to settle in that city. (The National Herald, posted May 31, 2016) (Submitted on March 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 347 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.