▁Rev ival ▁m ansion ▁in ▁Gre ens bor o , ▁Alabama . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁property ▁to ▁the ▁Gre ens bor o ▁Historic ▁District , ▁listed ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁recorded ▁by ▁the ▁Historic ▁American ▁Build ings ▁Survey ▁in ▁late ▁March ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁ ▁History ▁Gre ens bor o ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁prosper ous ▁during ▁the ▁cot ton ▁bo om ▁of ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 th ▁century . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 0 , ▁William ▁Mur phy , ▁a ▁lawyer ▁and ▁legisl ator , ▁sold ▁a ▁prime ▁lot ▁to ▁David ▁F . ▁McC r ary , ▁a ▁prominent ▁cot ton ▁bro ker ▁and ▁plan ter ▁who ▁had ▁originally ▁come ▁from ▁North ▁Carolina ▁and ▁married ▁Elizabeth ▁Cow an ▁Low ry , ▁daughter ▁of ▁a ▁leading ▁Alabama ▁family . ▁McC r ary ▁had ▁Mur phy ' s ▁house ▁moved ▁and ▁h ired ▁the ▁well ▁known ▁architect ▁B . F . ▁Par s ons , ▁originally ▁from ▁Massachusetts , ▁to ▁design ▁a ▁m ansion , ▁which ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 8 . ▁The ▁Alabama ▁Be acon ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁house ▁cost ▁$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁a ▁very ▁large ▁sum ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Un like ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁contempor aries , ▁Mr . ▁McC r ary ' s ▁fin ances ▁surv ived ▁the ▁War ; ▁he ▁opened ▁the ▁Gre ens bor o ▁Bank ▁and ▁Exchange ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 .