Hildreth-Compton-Simmons House at Jefferson, AL (c. 1848)

Dr. James A. Hildreth, son of the Revolutionary War Veteran, Reuben Hildreth, built this home. He bought the property where this home is located on May 28, 1845. The house was built by the master carpenter, Rafe Chase, well before the Civil War. A date …

Jefferson Baptist Church in Marengo County, AL (built ca. 1860; listed on the NRHP)

This church is located in the community of Jefferson in Marengo County. The church was established as Mt. Pleasant Baptist in 1820 and is among the oldest in the Demopolis area. The present church building was built around 1860. Buried in the church’s …

Jefferson Methodist Church at Jefferson, AL (built ca. 1856; listed on the NRHP.)

This is a Greek Revival, one-story church with a pedimented end-gable that has a recessed portico with columns set in antis and a square bell tower. It was dedicated on the first Sunday in June, 1856 by the Reverend Phillip Phillips Neely, minister fro …