Whitaker-Motlow House

The house was built in about 1850 by Newton Whitaker, whose family had been among the earliest settlers of Mulberry.

[2][3] A single-bay two-story portico with a bracketed pediment is a prominent feature of the house.

[3] The second story of the house was severely damaged by a tornado in 1909, but was subsequently rebuilt in the same style as the original.

[2][3] Carl and Maria Maroney, who acquired the house in 1987, made major structural repairs and endeavored to restore the historic building, using original materials when possible.

In 2011 the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places following research by Jillian Rael, a graduate student at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.