St. Stephens Episcopal Church at Eutaw, AL (1914)
In 1845, the Anglican minister Rev. John H. Linebaugh organized and taught an Anglican confirmation class in Eutaw. Nine were confirmed in June of 1845 and the small congregation was organized into a parish. The first vestry was elected and appointed the Rev. Linebaugh as the first rector of the parish. In 1848, the church [...]
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Webb-Grubbs House at Eutaw, AL (built ca. 1840)
This home was built circa 1840 for William Peter Webb, a lawyer, who came to Eutaw from North Carolina in 1839. The Greek Revival I-house styled building was built by Benjamin D. Gullett. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a part of the Antebellum Homes in Eutaw TR multiple property [...]
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First Presbyterian Church at Eutaw, AL (built 1851)
The First Presbyterian Church is a historic Greek Revival church building in Eutaw, AL. The two-story frame structure was built for the local Presbyterian congregation in 1851 by David R. Anthony. Anthony was a local contractor who constructed many of Eutaw’s antebellum buildings. The congregation was organized by the Tuscaloosa Presbytery in 1824 as the [...]
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William Perkins House at Eutaw, AL (built 1850s)
The William Perkins House, also known as the Freemount, is a historic Greek Revival style house that was built in the 1850s by William Perkins, a wealthy merchant from Kentucky. The house is a two-story wood framed building on a raised brick foundation. Four monumental Ionic columns span the front portico. It has double parlors [...]
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Oliver-Braune House at Eutaw, AL (mid 1850’s)
This home began as a one-room law office that was built and used by Judge William C. Oliver. On December 29, 1859, he sold his office to Gustave Braune, a jeweler. Later, Braume added rooms and the unusual octagon room on the second level. Tradition maintains that the octagon structure was inspired by buildings Braune [...]
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Capt Edwin Reese House at Eutaw, AL (circa 1858)
The Capt Edwin Reese House, also known as the Basil Hall, is a historic Greek Revival style house in Eutaw, AL. The house is a two-story wood framed building on a raised brick foundation. Four monumental Ionic columns span the front portico. It was built from 1856 to 1859 by Edwin Reese. The house was [...]
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Malloy-Jones House at Eutaw, AL (built 1906)
This house was built in 1906 for Dr. Martin Luther Malloy and his wife Laura Malloy. It is a George F. Barber home. The house is a free-classic Queen Anne with many elements foreshadowing the Colonial Revival style. It is based upon Rosemont, George Barber’s own family home in Knoxville, TN. The inside features elaborate [...]
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Dew Abrams House at Eutaw, AL (ca. 1832)
Duncan Dew was a well-known planter and business man of Eutaw, AL. He came to Eutaw in 1822 and built this house about 1832. It is L-shaped and has elaborate interior wood trim. The house, at one time, had a two-story portico which was later exchanged for a porch with slender colonettes. That porch was [...]
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Alexander-Webb-Wilson House at Eutaw, AL (ca. 1836)
This house, originally a stagecoach inn, was build in old Erie and moved to Eutaw by Dr. Abram F. Alexander who gave it to his daughter and her husband in 1848. It has four well proportioned two-story columns on the front and a second floor balcony over the double front doors. Exterior features include pilastered [...]
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Bird’s Farm at Forkland, AL
Many motorists driving along Highway 43 between Demopolis and Eutaw have done a double-take when they see Bird’s Farm for the first time. Bird’s Farm is a large field beside Highway 43 that contains many amusing and imaginative creations, most of which were made with large bales of hay. The hay bale creations include a [...]
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Murphy-Dunlap House at Eutaw, AL (built 1847)
The Murphy-Dunlap house is just one of many historic antebellum homes in Eutaw, AL. This frame-story-over-high-brick-foundation style house was built in 1847 by Daniel R. Wright. It has an unusual “winter kitchen” in the basement complete with an interior stairway. This home is included in the Antebellum Homes in Eutaw multiple property submission listed on the [...]
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William B. Willis (or “Sipsey”) House, ca. 1835 at Eutaw, AL
This is an L-shaped, one story, Greek Revival clapboard house on a high brick foundation. It has two porticoes of the Doric style and fine architectural details both inside and out. The house was moved in two sections from a wooded area near Pleasant Ridge to the present site and carefully restored with the foundation [...]
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