Magnolia Grove is a historic Greek Revival mansion in Greensboro, Alabama, United States.

[2][3] 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.

[3][4] Sarah was the sister of Richmond Mumford Pearson, a prominent pro-Union politician and Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

She married James M. Hobson, also of North Carolina, who eventually served as probate judge of Hale County for over twenty years.

[2] He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1933 for his actions aboard the USS Merrimac and in 1934, by special act of the United States Congress, he was advanced to Naval Constructor with a rank of Rear Admiral.

[5] Hobson resigned from active naval duty in 1903 to begin a career as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Alabama.

[3] Magnolia Grove is a relatively rare Alabama example of a full-scale pedimented temple-form house in the Greek Revival style.

A separate two-story brick building to the rear of the main house contained the original kitchen and servant's quarters.