Winter Place

Winter Place is a historic complex of two conjoined houses and three outbuildings in Montgomery, Alabama.

The Italianate style North House was built in the 1850s and was the home of the Joseph S. Winter family.

[2] It was purchased in 2006 by Craig Drescher, who attempted to stabilize and restore the structures.

[1][4] In 2018 the homes were sold to real-estate tycoon and bachelor philanthropist, Benjamin Blanchard who saw the property renovation, not only as an investment in restoring the luster of its historical significance, but as a deep contribution to the narrative of restoration and unity the Five Points neighborhood (home to Winter Place) is now undergoing.

After decades of neglect and failed attempts by others to restore the home, Blanchard will successfully fully renovate the South House as his personal residence (pictured above) in the fall of 2020, and progressively renovate the North House in successive years to come.

Joseph Winter's first home in Montgomery, designed by Samuel Sloan in 1851