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Perdue-Williams-Estes Home at Furman, AL (c. 1895)

| Furman in Wilcox County  

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This beautiful home was built around 1895 by James Nicholas Perdue (1860-1930) and his wife, Katie Jones Perdue (1861-1933). The home is a two-story frame end gabled central passage house two piles in depth, featuring a two-tiered wrap-around porch on all four sides. It also features four brick exterior chimneys, flush board siding, balustered railing and jigsaw work brackets on the upper porch tier, decorative latticework arches on the first-floor elevation, double front and rear doors with sidelights and transoms on both stories, with a one-room kitchen wing which abuts the
rear porch.

This home is included in the Furman Historic District that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  It is located in Furman on CR 59 approximately 0.5 mile north of the intersection of CR 59 and Hwy 21 (32°00’30.5″N 86°58’17.0″W – Google Maps).

This is a private residence – drive by only.

Sources:  1) Furman History Celebration and Driving Tour Brochure (Saturday, April 17, 2010); 2) Wilcox Historical Society

Tags: alabama, black belt, furman, house, 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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