After his father's death in 1857 he moved to Selma and became active in politics, and was mayor at the end of the Civil War.

Henry became active in the Republican Party, but abandoned his political career in the early 1880s, returning to Montgomery and resuming his medical practice.

The house is a two-story, brick veneer Victorian structure, with some Eastlakian trim.

The three-bay façade has a gabled bay to the right of a central, square tower, both of which feature horseshoe shaped ventilators.

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