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John Coleman House

Coordinates: 32°51′42″N 87°55′26″W / 32.86167°N 87.92389°W / 32.86167; -87.92389
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John Coleman House
Grassdale Plantation House (2013)
John Coleman House is located in Alabama
John Coleman House
John Coleman House is located in the United States
John Coleman House
Nearest cityEutaw, Alabama
Coordinates32°51′42″N 87°55′26″W / 32.86167°N 87.92389°W / 32.86167; -87.92389
MPSAntebellum Homes in Eutaw Thematic Resource
NRHP reference No.82001617[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1982
Grassdale Cemetery

The John Coleman House, also known as Grassdale, is a historic plantation house in Eutaw, Alabama, United States. The two-story wood-frame I-house was built by John Coleman from Edgefield, South Carolina, on property that he settled in 1819.[2] Coleman held 75 slaves during the 1840 United States Census of Greene County.[3] The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Antebellum Homes in Eutaw Thematic Resource on December 6, 1982, due to its architectural significance.[1] Coleman family members, as well as many slaves, are buried in a cemetery close to the house. The house is currently used as a hunting lodge.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Grassdale Plantation". Grassdale Hunting Club. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  3. ^ "Grassdale Plantation". Sankofagen. Sankofa's African Slave Genealogy. Retrieved 2009-01-03.