The Governor's Club, located at 11866 Magnolia St. in

Magnolia Springs, Alabama Magnolia Springs is a town in south Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area. The town voted to incorporate in 2006. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 723. History Magnolia Springs is locat ...

, was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2000. It is of "Coastal Cottage" architecture. It stands on property assembled by Chicago businessman Frank Brunell during 1901 to 1908. It has also sometimes been known as "Brunell House," but there is a different house of that name, also NRHP-listed, also in Magnolia Springs, on Jessamine St. In 2015, the house was valued at $4.79 million. Along with Sunnyside Hotel, Governor's Club is one of two resort hotels from the 1920s era of resorts and vacations in the area. "With its spacious wrap-around porch enhanced by turned posts and balusters, floor to ceiling windows, and great interior details, the Governor’s Club stands as an important architectural survivor of Baldwin County’s early 20th century resort years." () It is also included in the

Magnolia Springs Historic District The Magnolia Springs Historic District, in Magnolia Springs, Alabama, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. A previous district of the same name had existed as an entity of Baldwin Count ...

, as a

contributing building In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

. Includes 44 photos from 2011. ()

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Houses in Baldwin County, Alabama National Register of Historic Places in Baldwin County, Alabama Gulf Coast cottage architecture in Alabama Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama {{Alabama-NRHP-stub