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Tait-Starr Home, or White Columns, located near Camden, AL (built late 1850s; Recorded in HABS; listed on the ARLH)

This is a nationally known Wilcox County, AL plantation home. Throughout the years, it has been featured in numerous national magazines and books concerning the architecture or history of the antebellum Alabama Black Belt. The house was photographed an …
learn moreWakefield at Furman, AL (built in the 1840s, listed on the NRHP)

This beautiful antebellum home, located in the Furman community, was built in a one-of-a-kind Steamboat Gothic style. The nearly 6,000 sq. ft. of living area consists of 12 rooms and 12 fireplaces, and unique porches on all sides. It was named “Wakefie …
learn moreWestwood at Uniontown, AL (1836-1840)

Westwood is a historic plantation at Uniontown, AL. The main house was built between 1836 and 1840 by James Lewis Price. It has the Greek Revival style with some Italianate influence. Westwood has several unique outbuildings, including a smokehouse wit …
learn moreWilliam Perkins House at Eutaw, AL (built 1850s, recorded in HABS, listed on the NRHP & ARLH)

The William Perkins House, also known as the Freemount, is a historic Greek Revival style house that was built in the 1850s by William Perkins, a wealthy merchant from Kentucky. The house is a two-story wood framed building on a raised brick foundation …
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