The Hugo Black House was a historic house in Ashland,

Clay County, Alabama Clay County is a county in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 14,236. Its county seat is Ashland. Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United St ...

. The one-and-a-half-story, wood-frame residence was purchased by William LaFayette and Martha Black in 1893. They were the parents of politician and

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jurist

Hugo Black Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A ...

, who grew up in the house. ''See also:'' The house was added to the

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on October 9, 1973. It has since been destroyed."It was torn down many, many years ago after it had become a dilapidated structure." Donna J. Bennett Asst. City Clerk City of Ashland

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