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Adams-Miller-Gilmore House at Jackson, AL (built 1894, listed on the NRHP)

This beautiful 2 1/2 story, Queen Anne style home was built in 1894 by Rev. S. A. “Soc” Adams who was a Baptist minister, architect, and building contractor. Rev. Adams served as the pastor of the Jackson First Baptist Church from 1889 until 1912 and a …
learn moreAdams-Stanford-Steen Home at Pine Apple, AL (built c. 1870; listed on the NRHP)

Judge and Mrs. Johnathan Newberry Stanford owned this home in the mid-1880s. He served as Judge of Probate for Wilcox County from 1907-1917. The house features double front doors with rounded-head “Italianate” windows and a semi-circular transom ligh …
learn moreAdams-Stone House at Pine Apple, AL (built ca. 1904, listed on the NRHP)

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams built this two-and-one-half story Queen Anne style home circa 1904. The home features multiple gables, wraparound porch on paired Tuscan columns, polygonal projecting bay and portico or “buggy way”. It contains the original mi …
learn moreAlexander-Webb-Wilson House at Eutaw, AL (ca. 1836)

This house, originally a stagecoach inn, was build in old Erie and moved to Eutaw by Dr. Abram F. Alexander who gave it to his daughter and her husband in 1848. It has four well proportioned two-story columns on the front and a second floor balcony o …
learn moreAllen Grove at Old Spring Hill, AL in Marengo County (built 1857; listed on the NRHP)

This Greek Revival style house was built for John Gray Allen in 1857 by David Rudisill. It is a two-story frame structure with a two-story front portico featuring square paneled columns. The roof is hipped with side dormers. In 1890 the rear facade was …
learn moreAltwood near Faunsdale, AL (built c. 1836 & later expanded; listed on both the NRHP and Alabama Register)

Altwood is a historic plantation house located approximately six miles southwest of Faunsdale. It was built circa 1836 by Richard H. Adams. It began as a log dogtrot house and was then expanded until it resembled a “Tidewater cottage” style house. B …
learn moreAshe Cottage at Demopolis, AL (built ca. 1832 & remodeled 1858; listed on the NRHP and ARLH)

Ashe Cottage, also known as the Ely House, is a historic Carpenter Gothic house in Demopolis. It was built circa 1832 and expanded and remodeled in the Gothic Revival style in 1858 by William Cincinnatus Ashe, a physician from North Carolina. The cotta …
learn moreAshford at Selma, AL (built 1899-1903; listed on the NRHP)

Julian Smith, a businessman and surveyor in Selma, built Ashford from 1899-1903. This two-and-one-half story Neo-Classical designed house is constructed of brick with rough-cut stone. Thirty white columns surround the home on the outside and seven colu …
learn moreAttoway R. Davis Cottage at Eutaw, AL (1817, additions 1840 & 1850)

The Attoway R. Davis Cottage is a historic house in Eutaw, AL. The main portion of this house is a two-story I-house, built in 1817. It is the oldest surviving house in Eutaw. Directly in front of this structure is a two-room cottage, built in 1840. Th …
learn moreBarker’s Slave Quarters at Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County, AL (built 1860, columns added after main house burned in 1935)

This is a 2-story brick slave quarters that was built by Stephen Barker in 1860 behind his large brick mansion. The building originally had no columns. After the Civil War, Confederate veteran, Samuel McGurdy Kirkpatrick and his wife, Sarah, purchased …
learn moreBarney’s Upper Place at Putnam, AL (built ca. 1833)

It is believed that this house was built for Jehu Bates and his wife, Janet Barnes Bates. Jehu bought the property in 1833 and sold it after his wife died in 1851 to George W. and Mary L. Barney. This property included over 5,000 acres of land. The Bar …
learn moreBates-Warren-Curry House at Marion, AL (built ca. 1830; listed on the NRHP)

This Vermont Colonial-style house was built by the Bates family circa 1830. This two-story structure was originally constructed of hand-hewn logs that are now covered with weatherboards. The house has a basement where the logs can still be seen. The ki …
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