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Beck-Miller Law Office Building at Camden, AL (c. 1840)

Antebellum | Camden in Wilcox County  

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This historic building located in Camden’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 October 12, 1864, Colonel Beck was mortally wounded at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia. After the turn of the century, the building became the law office of Joseph Neely Miller and his younger brother, Benjamin Meek Miller (Governor of Alabama from 1931-1935), and in later years, William Joel Bonner.

In 1927, this building was photographed and recorded in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Wilcox County Courthouse Historic District. In 1995, the building was acquired by the Wilcox Historical Society, and with the assistance of a grant from the Alabama Historical Commission, was restored to completion in 1999.

This building is located in downtown Camden on the corner of Planters Street and Water Street (Street View- Google Maps).

Source: Wilcox Historical Society

Tags: alabama, antebellum, black belt, camden, cottage, wilcox county

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Welcome to rural southwest Alabama. This website is dedicated to twelve counties located in rural southwest Alabama which includes a large portion of Alabama’s Black Belt area. This region is known for its rich and diverse heritage, historic homes and churches, and natural beauty. This website contains details about historic and interesting places that you will find in this area of Alabama.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST OF THE HOMES INCLUDED ARE PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARE DRIVE BY ONLY.

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Dedicated to the memory of Stacy Milstead Henson (1978-2008) & Inez “Sis” Watts (1924-2007).

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