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Cedar Lawn at Uniontown, AL (built 1830s-1840s)

This home was built sometime during the 1830s and 1840s by James Bishop Chambers and his wife, Rebecca Adams Chambers. The house was originally “plantation plain,” a basic I-shape with a one-story rear ell. The front of the house features a full height …

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 …

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 …

First Colored Missionary Baptist Church at Uniontown, AL (built 1907, listed on the NRHP.)

According to the August 5, 1866 minutes of the Uniontown Baptist Church, the Colored portion of the church requested that their White Brothers grant letters of dismissal to them and assist them with forming a separate and independent church.  The reque …

First Presbyterian Church at Uniontown, AL (built 1914, listed on the NRHP)

The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1848 at the home of Col. J. H. Davidson, The Slopes Plantation, which was located south of Uniontown. The congregation named their church Hopewell. They continued to meet at The Slopes. In 1853, the Hopewell Chu …

Holy Cross Episcopal Church at Uniontown, AL (built 1900, listed on the NRHP)

In 1844, Episcopalians in Uniontown and Marengo County united to form Union Parish. The parish was admitted to the Diocese of Alabama on May 2, 1845. After the donation of this site in 1847, ladies of the congregation diligently worked to raise suffici …

McCorkle-Belcher House at Uniontown, AL (completed 1908, listed on the NRHP)

This Colonial Revival house was built by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas McCorkle. Construction began on the house in 1906 and it was completed in 1908. This is a two-and-a-half story dwelling with a hip-with-cross-gable roof. Features of the house include three g …

Old Uniontown, Alabama Post Office (built before 1869)

Reputedly, this was Uniontown’s original post office.  This structure was originally attached to the Houston house that was built before January 1, 1869.  When the house was torn down in the early 1970s, this room was saved and relocated to its present …

Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church at Uniontown, AL (built 1902, listed on the NRHP)

In 1867, the black members of the Uniontown Methodist Episcopal Church South withdrew and established their own church. For a short time, they met in a brush arbor near the site of their present church.  Their first church building was destroyed by a s …

Uniontown United Methodist Church at Uniontown, AL (built ca. 1858; listed on the NRHP)

As early as 1843, the Methodists of Uniontown had purchased a lot on Water Street and a church had been erected before the summer of 1844. This building was used until 1858 when the present two-story brick building was erected. The second or main floor …

Violet Cottage at Uniontown AL (built c. 1880; listed on the NRHP)

This Victorian-style home was built prior to 1884 by Moses and Flora Marx on a lot they purchased in June 1879. An affluent Jewish family, they owned a large dry goods store and a millinery shop. The home was later occupied by the Julius Marx family. T …

Westwood 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 …