Bluff Hall at Demopolis, AL (built 1832 & modified 1840s; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP)

Bluff Hall is located atop a limestone cliff overlooking the Tombigbee River in Demopolis. The house was built in 1832 by Allen Glover for his daughter, Sarah Serena Glover, and her husband, Francis Strother Lyon. The Lyons used Bluff Hall as a townhou …

Brownstone Manor at Selma, AL (built c. 1898; listed on the NRHP)

This neo-classic mansion was built in 1898.  This home was visited frequently by F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald authored “The Great Gatsby” among other American classics). In 1983, the third floor burned while being restored. Since then, i …

Cedar Grove at Faunsdale, AL (began ca. 1830 as a log cabin; enlarged 1852-1858; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP)

Cedar Grove, also known as the Charles Walker House, is a Greek Revival plantation house located in Marengo County near Faunsdale. This is a two-story frame structure with a gabled roof and double veranda. The house was photographed and recorded in the …

Co-Nita Manor at Uniontown, AL (ca. 1906)

This Neo-Classical house was built by Dr. Solon Lycurgus Coleman on a lot he purchased on February 20, 1906.  It has a central double leaf entrance with fanlights and sidelights on both the first and second floor.  The house has a full height portico w …

Gaineswood at Demopolis, AL (constructed 1843-1861; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP)

Constructed over an 18 year period (1843-1861), Gaineswood evolved from a two-room “dogtrot” cabin into a Greek Revival style mansion.  General Nathan Bryan Whitfield, the builder, was his own architect, though he had no formal training.  The labor was …

Henderson House at Selma, AL (built ca. 1855; listed on the NRHP)

This Greek revival mansion was built c. 1855 for William B. King and named “Fairoaks” for the many trees found about the place. King was the nephew of Vice President William Rufus King. Ann B. Wilson, a half-sister of the builder, inherited the house i …

King-Garrett Plantation House at Uriah, AL (built ca. 1860; relocated mid-1960s)

This antebellum mansion was originally located upriver at Packards (Packer’s) Bend. Construction began on the home in the late 1850s by Dr. William (Doc) King, nephew of U.S. Vice President William R. DeVane King. The story goes that the house was neve …

Kirkwood at Eutaw, AL (built late 1850s; recorded on HABS and listed on the NRHP.)

Kirkwood is a historic antebellum plantation mansion located in Eutaw. It is a Greek Revival style house with Italianate influences. The house has two primary floors and a large cupola crowning the low-pitched hipped roof. The roof eaves are ornamented …

Magnolia Grove at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1840; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP; now serves as a historical house museum)

Magnolia Grove, an excellent example of temple-style Greek Revival architecture, was built around 1840 as a town house by Isaac and Sarah Croom, whose plantations were about 20 miles south of Greensboro near Faunsdale. The house was named for the 15-ac …

Magnolia Hall at Greensboro, AL (completed ca. 1858; recorded in HABS & listed on the NRHP)

Magnolia Hall, also known as the McCrary-Otts House, is a historic Greek Revival mansion in Greensboro.  It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (HABS) as a contributing property to the Greensboro Historic District and was photographed …

Reverie at Marion, AL (built ca. 1858; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP)

Reverie is a historic Greek Revival mansion that was built circa 1858. The house was photographed and recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1935. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a contributing p …

Sturdivant Hall at Selma, AL (built 1852-1856; recorded in HABS & listed on the NRHP; now serves as a historic house museum)

This mansion is one of the finest examples of Greek Revival neo-classic architecture in the Southeast. Built in 1852-1856 as a townhouse for Col. Edward Watts, the 10-room, 6,000-square-foot mansion cost $69,900 to construct. Artisans from Italy were b …