The Cochran House (also known as the Cochran-Crumpton House or simply Crumptonia) is a 2-story Greek Revival style home. Instead of the more common fluted round columns, the two-story portico on this home features heavy square pillars made of long, straight pine planks. The front of this house is almost identical to those of the McMillan-Oxford House, Tasso, and Moseley Grove which are also located in the vicinity of Orrville.
This 2-story Greek Revival style home was built circa 1855 for Claudius M. Cochran who moved to Alabama from South Carolina. During the late 1800s, the house was acquired by the Crumpton family, after which the surrounding plantation and community became known as “Crumptonia.”
The Cochran House was documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1934. It is featured in “Silent in the Land” by Chip Cooper, Harry J. Knopke, and Robert S. Gamble.
This house is located in remote Dallas County approximately 8 miles SSW of Orrville on County Road 21 (see Google Maps: 32.213779, -87.289694).
This is a private residence – drive by only.
Sources: 1) wikipedia.org/Crumptonia_Alabama; 2) “Silent in the Land” by Chip Cooper, Harry J. Knopke, and Robert S. Gamble; 3) “The Alabama Catalog: A Guide to the Early Architecture of the State” by Robert S. Gamble.
B&W photographs courtesy US Library of Congress (HABS), photographer: W. N. Manning, date: March 17 & 23, 1934. The recent photographs that are provided were taken during February 2012.