Cast Iron Balcony stair Fence rails post 1800's OLD HOTEL

Grand Antique iron stairway rails and posts with a intriguing HISTORY from the Deep SOUTH and the days of Zelda! For Alabama's politicians, elite, and in its later years, a sometimes brothel where Montgomery's teenage men would go to lose their virginity.

Approximately 3 feet high with over twenty- four 2 feet lengths of rail and ballusters with rope design and with bronze patina double sided Lion motiffs! A one of a kind piece that would make any entry a elegant display. Please notice the enormous scale of this piece with its extraordinary width. Look at the handsome pattern of lion motif and flourishes designed to form an unusual theme of the structure it once graced. ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE THAT IS BLEND OF STYLES: WITH A RETRO VIBE.

A retro collectible for those collectors. Victorian influences but it's the modernization and reimagining of the work that sets the two styles apart. These magnificent Stairway is composed of the following. 30- cast iron posts 2" x 2" with fluted feet.

33 1/2 high with lion motiff MEDALLION-IN CENTER. 4 straight rail pieces - 2 feet length each X 29 1/2 TALL.

20 heavy ornate rail pieces with Lion Motiff and long scalloped design appointment - about 2 feet wideX 21 1/4 TALL. Since we have no photo of the lobby, I can only assume the layout is a 20 foot stairway with railing on both sides. The 4 spiralled posts must be for two turns. The 30 posts would be attached at 2 foot intervals along each side.

The 4 straight pieces must be for the balcony across top at second floor level. A four story brick structure, it was the largest and best appointed Hotel in Montgomery at the beginning of the Confederacy. One can see a photo of the Hotel in the Book :Confederate Home Front, Montgomery During The Civil War, by William Warren Rogers, Jr.

The Hotel was constructed in 1848. THE LOCAL PAPER DECLARED THE HOTEL'IMPOSING IF NOT MAGNIFICENT.. WHOSE BOUDOIRS RIVAL THOSE OF AN EGYPTIAN QUEEN.

It seems that famed Zelda Sayre frequented the Hotel. This stairway is significant because of its provenance from such a prestigious old Hotel and it is one part of this Southern Antique collector's possessions. The 1960's Newspaper article said. Maybe the collector didn't even remember where it was stored or why he had saved it all those years.

Maybe just because he liked it, with no use in mind. But the fact remains that, in depths of the Great Depression when the decorative features of razed residences might be had, at least, for carting them away at most, for a song. This collector did a lot of singing! His acquisitions, in any event are incorporated today in some of the old south's pretentious homes, including his own. A most unique addition with a grand story behind it.

All the pieces have been carefully stored for 50 years. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Metalware\Cast Iron".

The seller is "deepsouthc" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

Country of Manufacture: United States
antique cast iron fence: architectural fence rails
cast iron balcony: fencing
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Material: Cast Iron
steampunk: cast iron
cast iron fence: lion
Object Type: Stair rails