Allen 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 …

Asa White House at Eutaw, AL (built ca. 1838; recorded in HABS, listed on the NRHP)

The Asa White house, also known as the White-McGiffert house, was built circa 1838 by Colonel Asa White, one of Greene County’s earliest settlers. Eutaw was established on property owned by Asa White. He conveyed 20 acres to the newly established count …

Battersea at Gallion, AL (built ca. 1820; listed on the NRHP)

This is a historic plantation house located in south Hale County at Gallion. It was built around 1820 as a two-by-two log cabin.  By the 1840s, two additional rooms were constructed at the back of the cabin.  Battersea underwent further expansions, suc …

Bethea-Strother Home at Canton Bend, AL (built ca. 1844; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP)

The Bethea-Strother house, also known as “Pleasant Ridge”, is the only brick antebellum residence remaining in Wilcox County, and one of the few extant plantation houses left in the Canton Bend area. Its detailing is typical of Wilcox County architectu …

Capell-Huff House at Pebble Hill, AL (built ca. 1850; recorded in HABS.)

This two-story, plantation home was built circa 1850. The house design is attributed to local builder William T. Mathews. This house has an unusual style for plantation houses of the antebellum period. One of the unusual features of the house is Its “u …

Captain Nathan Carpenter House near Eutaw, AL (built ca. 1853; listed on both the NRHP & Alabama Register)

This house, also known as Everhope, is a classic Greek Revival plantation home that was built circa 1853 for Captain Nathan Carpenter, who had served with the Eutaw Rangers in the Mexican-American War, and later served as captain of the Confederate Ran …

Carter-Cunningham-Wilson-Bell Home, “Fox Hill”, at Furman, AL (late 1830s or early 1840s)

This home was constructed in the late 1830’s or early 1840’s by either Addison Scarbrough or Edmond Hobdy. Mr. Hobdy built several homes in the area during this period. The style is “Plantation Plain” with shed rooms across the rear and a “prophets cha …

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 …

Dr. Willis Meriwether House at Eutaw, AL (reconstructed 1856)

The Dr. Willis Meriwether House, also known as the Clark-Malone House, is a historic vernacular Greek Revival style house in Eutaw, AL. The house is a two-story wood framed building on a brick foundation.  Six square box columns span the front portico. …

Dry Fork Plantation Home at Sedan, AL (1832-1834)

Dry Fork is a historic plantation home located in the Sedan community near Camden, AL. This is one of the oldest documented homes still standing in Wilcox County and is a fine example of late Federal style double–pile house form containing examples of …

Fairhope at Uniontown, AL (antebellum – built late 1850s, listed on the NRHP & Alabama Register)

Fairhope is a historic 2 ½-story Gothic Revival style plantation home that was built for Joseph Selden and his wife, Elizabeth Minge Selden, as the centerpiece of a one thousand acre estate. The house was built by Theophilus Gilliam Fowler, a local bui …

Foscue House at Demopolis, AL (built 1840; listed on the NRHP; building now serves as a restaurant)

This house was built in 1840 for Augustus Foscue, a North Carolina native who owned more than 3,000 acres and 137 slaves in Marengo County by 1850. The original construction date is worked into orange-hued brick on south side chimney. The brown-hued br …