White-Force Cottage at Selma, AL (built 1859)
This Italianate-style cottage is located beside the historic Sturdivant Hall in Selma, AL. It was built in 1859 for Mr. and Mrs. Clement Billingslea White. Mrs. White was the former Martha Todd of Lexington, Kentucky, and a half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln. Mr. White was not a military person so the [...]
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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at the Old Cahawba Archaeological Park (built 1854)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic church, built in 1854 at Cahaba (also spelled Cahawba), the first capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1826. The builder closely followed plans published by architect Richard Upjohn in his 1852 book Rural Architecture. Exterior features of the Gothic Revival structure include lancet windows, pointed arch [...]
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Demopolis, Alabama (City of the People)
Demopolis is located at the confluence of the Tombigbee River and Black Warrior River atop a chalk cliff, known locally as White Bluff. The settlement was founded and named by a group of political exiles who had been banished from France following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. This group reached White Bluff on July 14, [...]
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Dunn-Fairley-Bonner-Field House at Camden, AL (built c. 1825)
This is the oldest documented structure in Camden. It was built for Thomas Dunn who was one of the earliest settlers of this area. He donated the land where Camden was built. This house was originally a two-story log house constructed c. 1825. The two-story frame addition was added to the house in the 1835-1840 [...]
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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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Blount-Peters Home at Marion, AL (ca. 1853 – 1859)
This home was built for Edward A. Blount and his wife, Mary, between 1853 and 1859. In January 1852, the Blount’s bought three lots at the location of this house for $26, $40 and $20. A clear title was granted for this property in January 1853 when the note was satisfied. In 1859, The Blount’s [...]
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Peterman, AL – Falkenberry Log Cabin (built 1840’s)
This log cabin is located beside the old depot to Peterman, AL. It was built by Deason Falkenberry (1825-1864) on the Coon Trail near Tunnel Springs. The cabin was donated to the Peterman Historical Society in 2008 by the Floyd Family in memory of Bertha Lee and Charley Ford and moved to its present location. [...]
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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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Lowery-Henry House at Marion, AL (built 1850’s)
The Lowery-Henry house is just one of about 90 antebellum structures in the Marion area. It is thought that this house was built by a Lowery family in the 1850’s. This Greek Revival-style home is o…ne of only a few large houses in Alabama which has heavy square piers instead of the more conventional round [...]
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Beck/Miller Law Office at Camden, AL (ca. 1840)
This historic building located in Camden, Alabama’s downtown historic district served as the law office for Colonel Franklin King Beck. Colonel Beck, who commanded the 23rd Alabama Infantry, held General U.S. Grant’s Union troops at bay for 12 hours with a single regiment at the Battle of Big Black Ridge (Mississippi). A year later, on [...]
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Magnolia Grove at Greensboro, AL (ca. 1840)
Magnolia Grove, an excellent example of temple-style Greek Revival architecture, was built around 1840 as a town house by Isaac and Sarah Croom, whose plantations were about 20 miles south of Greensboro near Faunsdale. The main house and three dependencies are preserved on 15 acres. The house is a two-story masonry structure, built with bricks [...]
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