Canton Bend United Methodist Church at Canton Bend, AL
This church is located in Wilcox County at Canton Bend, AL. The Canton Bend United Methodist Church congregation was organized on December 12, 1897. In 1910, Percy Smith and Irvin Smith deeded land for the church building. This land adjoined the cemetery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Canton whose organization dated from the 1830s. [...]
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Beck-Bryant-Talbot House at Canton Bend, AL (c. 1847)
This home, known as “River Bluff House,” was built around 1847 for William King Beck, a nephew of William Rufus King, Vice-President of the United States. Beck migrated to Wilcox County around 1820 with his three brothers from North Carolina. He combined his law practice with cotton planting and achieved considerable local prominence. River Bluff [...]
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Bethea-Strother-Stewart Home (ca. 1832) at Canton Bend, AL
This home, also known as “Pleasant Ridge”, is a classic example of modified Georgian architecture. It is located west of Camden, AL in the Canton Bend community. The federal style… house is the only brick antebellum home in Wilcox County and is registered on the National Historic Register. Tristin Bethea, a native South Carolinian, built [...]
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Matthews-Tait-Rutherford Home, “Youpon Plantation”, near Canton Bend, AL (1840-1845)
This historic antebellum home is one of the finest examples of neoclassical architecture in Alabama. It is located on CR 19 near Canton Bend a few miles west of Camden, and was built by a northerner, William T. Mathews who came to Camden by way of Haiti. Construction began in 1840 using a design by [...]
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