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List of plantations in Alabama

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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.[1][2][3][4][5]

A 2014 article listed numerous plantation houses that were endangered or had already been lost.[6]

Color key Historic register listing
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Contributing property to a National Register of Historic Places historic district
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Alabama Century and/or Heritage Farm (Alabama Department of Agriculture)
Not listed on national or state register
Historic register/
Reference number
Name Image Locality County Notes
85002925 Aduston Hall Gainesville
32°48′47″N 88°09′34″W / 32.81317°N 88.15933°W / 32.81317; -88.15933 (Aduston Hall)
Sumter Built from 1844–46 for Amos Travis, a native of Georgia. It is a major contributing property to the Gainesville Historic District.
Adventure Plantation Faunsdale vicinity
32°26′41″N 87°38′49″W / 32.44485°N 87.64699°W / 32.44485; -87.64699 (Cuba)
Marengo Co-owned by H. A. Tayloe, William Henry Tayloe and Benjamin Ogle Tayloe. Later part of Cuba Plantation.[7][8]
Alpine Alpine
33°21′04″N 86°14′14″W / 33.35113°N 86.23722°W / 33.35113; -86.23722 (Alpine)
Talladega Built for Nathaniel Welch, a native of Virginia, by Almarion Devalco Bell in 1858.
93000598 Altwood Faunsdale
32°25′31″N 87°40′52″W / 32.42533°N 87.68124°W / 32.42533; -87.68124 (Altwood)
Marengo Built in 1836 for Richard Henry Adams and Anna Carter Harrison, both natives of Virginia.
70000103 Arlington Birmingham
33°30′00″N 86°50′20″W / 33.49991°N 86.83880°W / 33.49991; -86.83880 (Arlington)
Jefferson Built from 1845–50 for William S. Mudd, a native of Kentucky. The plantation was in the community of Elyton prior to the American Civil War. It was used as a headquarters by federal troops during the war. The plantation and community were eventually absorbed by Birmingham, a city that Mudd helped establish after the war.
94000690 Atkins' Ridge Greensboro
32°41′27″N 87°34′36″W / 32.69073°N 87.57666°W / 32.69073; -87.57666 (Atkins' Ridge)
Hale Built for John Atkins, a native of Virginia, in 1840.
94000686 Augusta Sledge House Newbern
32°31′11″N 87°34′08″W / 32.51972°N 87.56888°W / 32.51972; -87.56888 (Augusta Sledge House)
Hale Built in the cottage orné style in 1855. It was razed during the 21st century.
73000337 Barton Hall Cherokee
34°45′03″N 88°00′10″W / 34.75079°N 88.00268°W / 34.75079; -88.00268 (Barton Hall)
Colbert Listed as a National Historic Landmark, this house is considered to be an "unusually sophisticated Greek Revival style plantation house". It was completed in 1849 by Armstead Barton, a native of Tennessee.
94000698 Battersea Prairieville
32°30′37″N 87°42′11″W / 32.51028°N 87.70306°W / 32.51028; -87.70306 (Battersea)
Hale One of several contiguous Vaughan family plantations. The Vaughans were natives of Petersburg, Virginia. The main house began as a log house during the 1820s, but was expanded and completed circa 1845.
72000164 Belle Mina Belle Mina
34°38′41″N 86°52′51″W / 34.64479°N 86.88078°W / 34.64479; -86.88078 (Belle Mina)
Limestone One of the earliest plantation houses with a monumental portico in the state, Belle Mina was built from 1826–35 for Alabama's second governor, Thomas Bibb. Bibb was a native of Amelia County, Virginia.
82002003 Belle Mont Tuscumbia vicinity
34°39′42″N 87°40′01″W / 34.66167°N 87.66694°W / 34.66167; -87.66694 (Belle Mont)
Colbert Built between 1828 and 1832 for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia. Considered by architectural scholars to be a clear example of Thomas Jefferson's influence upon the architecture of the early United States.
Belvoir Pleasant Hill vicinity
32°12′10″N 86°57′43″W / 32.20278°N 86.96184°W / 32.20278; -86.96184 (Belvoir)
Dallas This plantation was established in 1825 by Reuben Saffold II, a native of Wilkes County, Georgia. The current main house was built circa 1845.
94000692 Bermuda Hill Prairieville
32°31′48″N 87°41′39″W / 32.53005°N 87.69419°W / 32.53005; -87.69419 (Bermuda Hill)
Hale Although the exact builder is unclear, the house was built circa 1845. The property was owned by William W. Manning, a native Montgomery, who sold it in 1845 to his brother-in-law, William Weeden, a native of Madison County.
82002014 Boligee Hill Boligee
32°45′35″N 87°59′20″W / 32.75972°N 87.98889°W / 32.75972; -87.98889 (Boligee Hill)
Hale Built 1840,
Now known as Myrtle Hill.
94000685 Borden Oaks Greensboro
32°43′04″N 87°41′22″W / 32.71787°N 87.68931°W / 32.71787; -87.68931 (Borden Oaks)
Hale Built 1835–37
86001544 Bride's Hill Wheeler
34°40′13″N 87°14′40″W / 34.67024°N 87.24452°W / 34.67024; -87.24452 (Bride's Hill)
Lawrence Built 1830
74000396 Buena Vista Prattville
32°25′28″N 86°27′07″W / 32.42444°N 86.45194°W / 32.42444; -86.45194 (Buena Vista)
Autauga Built c.1822–1844
Bullard Plantation Perdue Hill
31°30′20″N 87°31′54″W / 31.50564°N 87.53170°W / 31.50564; -87.53170 (Bullard Plantation)
Monroe Built 1858–59
93000763 Cedar Crest Faunsdale
32°25′39″N 87°39′38″W / 32.42751°N 87.66042°W / 32.42751; -87.66042 (Cedar Crest)
Marengo Built 1850
93000599 Cedar Grove Plantation Faunsdale
32°26′52″N 87°34′33″W / 32.44782°N 87.57584°W / 32.44782; -87.57584 (Cedar Grove)
Marengo Built 1848
93000600 Cedar Haven Faunsdale
32°25′04″N 87°35′13″W / 32.41768°N 87.58691°W / 32.41768; -87.58691 (Cedar Haven)
Marengo Built 1850, destroyed during 1990s.
Chasley Farms Franklin
31°42′17″N 87°27′23″W / 31.70467°N 87.45651°W / 31.70467; -87.45651 (Chasley Farms)
Monroe Built 1835, rare intact plantation complex.
84000384 Cherokee Plantation Fort Payne
34°29′13″N 85°40′18″W / 34.48707°N 85.67179°W / 34.48707; -85.67179 (Cherokee)
DeKalb Built 1821, with later expansions.
85002924 Colgin Hill Gainesville
32°48′33″N 88°09′19″W / 32.80916°N 88.15527°W / 32.80916; -88.15527 (Colgin Hill)
Sumter Built 1832
Cook Hill Camden vicinity
31°59′14″N 87°23′11″W / 31.98732°N 87.38651°W / 31.98732; -87.38651 (Cook Hill)
Wilcox Built 1839, an I-house.
95000147 Countryside Camden
31°58′19″N 87°22′39″W / 31.97182°N 87.37740°W / 31.97182; -87.37740 (Countryside)
Wilcox Built 1855, also known as the Tait-Ervin House
89000310 Creekwood Creek Stand
32°18′00″N 85°28′46″W / 32.30000°N 85.47944°W / 32.30000; -85.47944 (Creekwood)
Macon Built 1850
Crumptonia Crumptonia
32°12′50″N 87°17′20″W / 32.21400°N 87.28900°W / 32.21400; -87.28900 (Crumptonia)
Dallas Built 1855
93000601 Cuba Plantation Faunsdale
32°26′41″N 87°38′49″W / 32.44485°N 87.64699°W / 32.44485; -87.64699 (Cuba)
Marengo Built 1850
87001552 Davidson Plantation Centreville
32°56′34″N 87°08′01″W / 32.94277°N 87.13361°W / 32.94277; -87.13361 (Davidson Plantation)
Bibb Built for Samuel Wilson Davidson, a native of North Carolina, in 1837.
93001517 Dellet Plantation Claiborne
31°32′20″N 87°30′27″W / 31.53884°N 87.50752°W / 31.53884; -87.50752 (Dellet Park)
Monroe Built c.1835–40
Dicksonia Lowndesboro
32°15′29″N 86°36′31″W / 32.25797°N 86.60869°W / 32.25797; -86.60869 (Dicksonia)
Lowndes Built 1830–56, burned 1939. Rebuilt 1940, burned 1964.
Drish Plantation Tuscaloosa
33°11′51″N 87°33′43″W / 33.19755°N 87.56185°W / 33.19755; -87.56185 (Drish Mansion)
Tuscaloosa Built 1837,
remodeled 1855.
House is only remnant of plantation, long overtaken by city growth.
99000250 Dry Fork Plantation Coy
31°54′06″N 87°21′38″W / 31.90167°N 87.36056°W / 31.90167; -87.36056 (Dry Fork)
Wilcox Built 1832–34
Eden Carlowville vicinity
32°08′10″N 87°14′59″W / 32.13620°N 87.24959°W / 32.13620; -87.24959 (Eden)
Dallas Built 1830
73000367 Edgewood Montgomery vicinity
32°20′49″N 86°17′12″W / 32.34684°N 86.28660°W / 32.34684; -86.28660 (Edgewood)
Montgomery Built 1821
Elmwood Plantation Arcola vicinity
32°32′35″N 87°47′29″W / 32.543109°N 87.791350°W / 32.543109; -87.791350 (Elmwood Plantation)
Hale Elmwood Plantation, Established by George P. Tayloe, initially 1,140 acres, inherited by his son Col. George Edward Tayloe, CSA, in 1858. Owned by Desha Smith, of Mobile, Alabama, circa 1870, sister of Alva Erskine Stirling Smith Belmont wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt then Oliver H. P. Belmont, mother of the 9th Duchess of Marlboro.[9][10]
Elm Bluff Elm Bluff
32°10′15″N 87°06′12″W / 32.17074°N 87.10347°W / 32.17074; -87.10347 (Elm Bluff)
Dallas Built 1845
91001483 Elm Ridge Plantation Greensboro
32°43′06″N 87°38′02″W / 32.71840°N 87.63399°W / 32.71840; -87.63399 (Elm Ridge)
Hale Built c.1836
99000793 Everhope Plantation Eutaw
32°54′06″N 87°58′12″W / 32.90155°N 87.97009°W / 32.90155; -87.97009 (Everhope)
Greene Built 1852–53
92000630 Fairhope Plantation Uniontown
32°26′43″N 87°29′27″W / 32.44528°N 87.49083°W / 32.44528; -87.49083 (Fairhope)
Perry Built c.1857 by Joseph Selden, FFV
93000602 Faunsdale Plantation Faunsdale
32°26′08″N 87°36′10″W / 32.43543°N 87.60283°W / 32.43543; -87.60283 (Faunsdale Plantation)
Marengo Patented in 1832 by H. A. Tayloe of nearby "Walnut Grove Plantation" and built 1844 by Dr. Thomas Alexander Harrison. Extant slave quarters still on property.[9]
97001166 Forks of Cypress Florence
34°50′42″N 87°43′32″W / 34.84500°N 87.72556°W / 34.84500; -87.72556 (Forks of Cypress)
Lauderdale Built 1830,
struck by lightning
and burned 1966.
72000167 Gaineswood Demopolis
32°30′31″N 87°50′07″W / 32.508726°N 87.835239°W / 32.508726; -87.835239 (Gaineswood)
Marengo Built 1843–61
79000402 Glennville Plantation Pittsview vicinity
32°06′52″N 85°10′26″W / 32.11452°N 85.17391°W / 32.11452; -85.17391 (Glennville Plantation)
Russell Built 1840s, contributing property to the Glennville Historic District.
80000735 Glenn-Thompson Plantation Pittsview
32°08′12″N 85°09′06″W / 32.13667°N 85.15167°W / 32.13667; -85.15167 (Glenn-Thompson Plantation)
Russell Built 1837
78000488 Glencairn Greensboro
32°42′01″N 87°35′45″W / 32.70028°N 87.59583°W / 32.70028; -87.59583 (Glencairn)
Hale Built 1835
Grace-Chesnut House Oak Hill vicinity
31°56′08″N 87°03′05″W / 31.93566°N 87.05146°W / 31.93566; -87.05146 (Grace-Chesnut House)
Wilcox Built 1852, an I-house.
82001617 Grassdale Eutaw
32°51′42″N 87°55′26″W / 32.86167°N 87.92389°W / 32.86167; -87.92389 (Grassdale)
Greene Built c.1820.
80000364 Grey Columns Tuskegee
32°25′35″N 85°42′18″W / 32.42639°N 85.70500°W / 32.42639; -85.70500 (Grey Columns)
Macon Built 1854
89000162 Greenwood Alexandria Calhoun Built 1842–1850; also known as Greenwood Plantation
87001784 Alfred Hatch Place at Arcola Arcola
32°34′00″N 87°46′12″W / 32.56658°N 87.77001°W / 32.56658; -87.77001 (Alfred Hatch Place at Arcola)
Hale Built 1856
94000694 Hawthorne Prairieville
32°30′46″N 87°41′54″W / 32.51284°N 87.69836°W / 32.51284; -87.69836 (Hawthorne)
Hale Built 1818–1862
85000452 Hawthorne Pine Apple
31°52′48″N 86°59′21″W / 31.88006°N 86.98912°W / 31.88006; -86.98912 (Hawthorne House)
Wilcox Built 1854
Dr. William Hughes Plantation Aliceville vicinity
33°05′20″N 88°04′00″W / 33.08888°N 88.06679°W / 33.08888; -88.06679 (Dr. William Hughes Plantation)
Pickens Built from 1845–50, known for its extremely elaborate interior plasterwork. It was razed in 1939.
93001012 Idlewild Talladega vicinity
33°30′37″N 86°02′45″W / 33.51028°N 86.04583°W / 33.51028; -86.04583 (Idlewild)
Talladega Built 1843
Ingleside Aliceville
33°07′08″N 88°08′48″W / 33.11893°N 88.14669°W / 33.11893; -88.14669 (Ingleside)
Pickens Built 1849
70000101 Ivy Green Tuscumbia
34°44′22″N 87°42′24″W / 34.73944°N 87.70667°W / 34.73944; -87.70667 (Ivy Green)
Colbert Built 1820
Kenan Plantation Selma vicinity
32°27′31″N 87°02′18″W / 32.45848°N 87.03832°W / 32.45848; -87.03832 (Kenan Plantation)
Dallas Built c.1840
90001318 Kenworthy Hall Kenworthy Hall in 2011. Marion
32°38′07″N 87°21′08″W / 32.63514°N 87.35222°W / 32.63514; -87.35222 (Kenworthy Hall)
Perry Built 1858–60
76000327 Kirkwood Eutaw
32°50′48″N 87°53′45″W / 32.84667°N 87.89583°W / 32.84667; -87.89583 (Kirkwood)
Greene Built 1858
Lakewood Livingston
32°35′15″N 88°11′01″W / 32.58749°N 88.18372°W / 32.58749; -88.18372 (Lakewood)
Sumter Built 1840
Larkin Plantation Tayloe, Alabama
32°26′03″N 87°26′16″W / 32.434133°N 87.437775°W / 32.434133; -87.437775 (Larkin Plantation)
Perry Founded by John Larkin then purchased by William Henry Tayloe who expanded it to 2,085 acres. Winney Grimshaw is documented working here from ages 33 to 40. William lived there for sometime during the Civil War leaving Mount Airy, in Virginia to be tended to by his son Henry Augustine Tayloe II, whom eventually inherited it and this plantation.[7][8]
Lee Haven Livingston vicinity
32°29′44″N 88°07′14″W / 32.49555°N 88.12058°W / 32.49555; -88.12058 (Lee Haven)
Sumter Built 1840, an I-house.
84000751 Liberty Hall Camden
31°58′19″N 87°20′12″W / 31.97194°N 87.33667°W / 31.97194; -87.33667 (Liberty Hall)
Wilcox Built 1855
Macon Station Gallion
32°29′53″N 87°42′49″W / 32.497981°N 87.713593°W / 32.497981; -87.713593 (Macon Station)
Hale Founded by H. A. Tayloe as a Rail Station on the Selma-Demoplis Line.
Magnolia Crest Burkville vicinity
32°19′11″N 86°31′30″W / 32.31983°N 86.52512°W / 32.31983; -86.52512 (Stone Plantation)
Lowndes Built 1840s
76000355 Magnolia Green Seale vicinity
32°20′46″N 85°07′57″W / 32.34601°N 85.13239°W / 32.34601; -85.13239 (Magnolia Green)
Russell Built 1840
73000345 Magnolia Grove Greensboro
32°42′15″N 87°36′28″W / 32.70429°N 87.60786°W / 32.70429; -87.60786 (Magnolia Grove)
Hale Built 1840
76000328 Magnolia Hall Greensboro
32°42′08″N 87°35′25″W / 32.702222°N 87.590278°W / 32.702222; -87.590278 (Magnolia Hall)
Hale Built c. 1855, contributing property to the Greensboro Historic District
73000356 Marengo Lowndesboro
32°17′02″N 86°36′33″W / 32.28402°N 86.60916°W / 32.28402; -86.60916 (Marengo)
Lowndes Built 1847, contributing property to Lowndesboro Historic District.
82002010 Marshall's Grove Selma
32°27′58″N 87°00′23″W / 32.46611°N 87.00639°W / 32.46611; -87.00639 (Marshall's Grove)
Dallas Built 1840
Meadow Hill Plantation Siddonsville Marengo Tayloe Family Plantation, Canebrake. Later part of Sidson/Siddons Plantation
McMillan Plantation Orrville vicinity
32°10′16″N 87°10′57″W / 32.17109°N 87.18250°W / 32.17109; -87.18250 (McMillan Plantation)
Dallas Built 1858
73000356 Meadowlawn Lowndesboro
32°16′38″N 86°36′38″W / 32.27726°N 86.61047°W / 32.27726; -86.61047 (Meadowlawn)
Lowndes Built 1853, contributing property to Lowndesboro Historic District.
Melrose McShan vicinity
33°24′07″N 88°07′12″W / 33.40188°N 88.11993°W / 33.40188; -88.11993 (Melrose)
Pickens Built 1840
88003123 Merry Oaks Sandy Ridge
32°01′29″N 86°27′06″W / 32.02472°N 86.45167°W / 32.02472; -86.45167 (Merry Oaks)
Lowndes Built 1860
89000314 Millwood Greensboro
32°39′41″N 87°45′05″W / 32.66127°N 87.75136°W / 32.66127; -87.75136 (Millwood)
Hale Built 1830
Molett House
The Molett House- 1819
Orrville vicinity
32°09′58″N 87°07′26″W / 32.166068°N 87.12389°W / 32.166068; -87.12389 (Mollette Plantation)
Dallas Built 1819. The oldest house in Alabama owned and occupied by the family that built it.
10000523 Moore-Webb-Holmes Plantation Marion vicinity
32°40′27″N 87°23′46″W / 32.67411°N 87.39617°W / 32.67411; -87.39617 (Holmestead)
Perry Established 1819
73000331 Montebrier Brierfield
33°02′33″N 86°54′17″W / 33.04250°N 86.90472°W / 33.04250; -86.90472 (Montebriar)
Bibb Built 1853
Moseley Grove Orrville vicinity
32°12′49″N 87°11′53″W / 32.21375°N 87.19804°W / 32.21375; -87.19804 (Moseley Grove)
Dallas Built 1857
Moss Hill Pine Apple vicinity
31°52′51″N 86°59′12″W / 31.88076°N 86.98663°W / 31.88076; -86.98663 (Moss Hill)
Wilcox Built 1845, an I-house.
Mount Ida Sylacauga vicinity
33°19′18″N 86°10′15″W / 33.32178°N 86.17081°W / 33.32178; -86.17081 (Mount Ida)
Talladega Built 1833–59,
struck by lightning
and burned 1956.
Mountain Spring Plantation Sylacauga
33°12′03″N 86°14′00″W / 33.20073°N 86.23329°W / 33.20073; -86.23329 (Mountain Spring Plantation)
Talladega Built 1842, also known as the Oden-Bledsoe-Kelly Plantation. Recorded by the HABS.
New Hope Plantation Gallion vicinity
32°29′53″N 87°42′49″W / 32.497981°N 87.713593°W / 32.497981; -87.713593 (New Hope Plantation)
Hale Gothic Revival Residence of Henry Augustine Tayloe Secretary of the Alabama Diocesan Episcopal Convention. Henry gave this planation to his daughter, Narcissa Elizabeth Tayloe, who married Benjamin F Hatch, son of Alfred Hatch, whose daughter Minnie Hatch Macartney Pearson inherited it after.[10][11]
72000163 Noble Hall Auburn
32°38′23″N 85°27′55″W / 32.63972°N 85.46528°W / 32.63972; -85.46528 (Noble Hall)
Lee Built 1854
80000686 Oak Grove Greensboro
32°45′07″N 87°40′41″W / 32.75194°N 87.67806°W / 32.75194; -87.67806 (Oak Grove)
Hale Built 1824, destroyed 1980s.
Oakland Plantation Uniontown vicinity
32°31′11″N 87°32′14″W / 32.519767°N 87.537211°W / 32.519767; -87.537211 (Oakland Plantation)
Hale & Perry Co-owned by H. A. Tayloe and William Henry Tayloe. Winney Grimshaw is documented working on this plantation between the ages of 19 and 28. William gave the 2,300 acre farm to his daughter Emma, and husband Thomas Munford.[7][8][12]
76000319 The Oaks Tuscumbia vicinity
34°40′27″N 87°35′36″W / 34.67417°N 87.59333°W / 34.67417; -87.59333 (The Oaks)
Colbert Built 1818
The Oaks Selma
32°23′26″N 87°05′17″W / 32.39044°N 87.08795°W / 32.39044; -87.08795 (The Oaks)
Dallas Built c.1850
Oak Manor Livingston vicinity
32°33′09″N 88°08′14″W / 32.55255°N 88.13711°W / 32.55255; -88.13711 (Oak Manor)
Sumter Built 1860, now ruinous.
93000598 Oak Place Huntsville
34°44′40″N 86°33′51″W / 34.74435°N 86.56424°W / 34.74435; -86.56424 (Oak Place)
Madison Built 1840
73000367 Oakhurst Emelle
32°46′45″N 88°16′06″W / 32.77916°N 88.26833°W / 32.77916; -88.26833 (Oakhurst)
Sumter Built 1854
77000212 Oaklawn Huntsville
34°45′38″N 86°34′38″W / 34.76052°N 86.57730°W / 34.76052; -86.57730 (Oaklawn)
Madison Built 1844
Odena Plantation Sylacauga
33°12′29″N 86°16′52″W / 33.20797°N 86.28113°W / 33.20797; -86.28113 (Odena Plantation)
Talladega Built 1835, 1855, 1935. Also known as Oden-Sanford Farm. 3037 Odena Rd S., and 2013 County Rd 45/Old Sylacauga Hwy, Sylacauga.
86001157 Orange Vale Talladega vicinity
33°21′22″N 86°10′05″W / 33.35601°N 86.16819°W / 33.35601; -86.16819 (Orange Vale)
Talladega Built 1852
76000330 Owen Plantation House Bessemer
33°20′51″N 86°59′00″W / 33.34750°N 86.98327°W / 33.34750; -86.98327 (Owen Plantation House)
Jefferson Built 1838
Patience Plantation Furman vicinity
32°00′54″N 86°58′22″W / 32.01497°N 86.97286°W / 32.01497; -86.97286 (Patience Plantation)
Wilcox Built 1842
73000356 The Pillars Lowndesboro
32°16′16″N 86°36′36″W / 32.27117°N 86.60995°W / 32.27117; -86.60995 (The Pillars)
Lowndes Built 1856, contributing property to Lowndesboro Historic District.
92000819 Samuel R. Pitts Plantation Pittsview
32°10′43″N 85°09′28″W / 32.17861°N 85.15778°W / 32.17861; -85.15778 (Samuel R. Pitts Plantation)
Russell Built 1846
84000717 Pitts' Folly Uniontown
32°26′42″N 87°30′30″W / 32.44506°N 87.50830°W / 32.44506; -87.50830 (Pitts' Folly)
Perry Built 1852–53
85001501 Pleasant Ridge Canton Bend
32°03′11″N 87°21′01″W / 32.05306°N 87.35028°W / 32.05306; -87.35028 (Pleasant Ridge)
Wilcox Built 1842, a brick I-house.
77000209 Pond Spring Wheeler
34°39′04″N 87°15′09″W / 34.65111°N 87.25239°W / 34.65111; -87.25239 (Pond Spring)
Lawrence Built 1818–80
94000687 William Poole House Dayton
32°20′58″N 87°38′41″W / 32.34944°N 87.64472°W / 32.34944; -87.64472 (William Poole House)
Marengo Built 1848
86000997 Preuit Oaks Leighton vicinity
34°40′31″N 87°30′35″W / 34.67528°N 87.50972°W / 34.67528; -87.50972 (Preuit Oaks)
Colbert Built 1847
Ramsey-Jones-Bonner House Oak Hill
31°55′08″N 87°04′40″W / 31.91876°N 87.07777°W / 31.91876; -87.07777 (Ramsey-Jones-Bonner House)
Wilcox Built 1837–1838, an I-house.
94000697 Randolph Plantation Prairieville
32°30′21″N 87°41′14″W / 32.50583°N 87.68722°W / 32.50583; -87.68722 (Randolph Plantation)
Hale Built 1850
92001844 Reverie Marion
32°37′54″N 87°19′13″W / 32.631667°N 87.320278°W / 32.631667; -87.320278 (Reverie)
Perry Built c. 1858, contributing property to the West Marion Historic District.
Rocky Hill Castle Courtland vicinity
34°41′18″N 87°20′00″W / 34.68842°N 87.33328°W / 34.68842; -87.33328 (Rocky Hill Castle)
Lawrence Built 1858–61, destroyed in 1961
93000421 River Bluff Plantation Camden
32°02′44″N 87°20′05″W / 32.04556°N 87.33472°W / 32.04556; -87.33472 (River Bluff Plantation)
Wilcox Built 1845
79000384 Riverdale Selma
32°26′02″N 86°52′11″W / 32.43389°N 86.86972°W / 32.43389; -86.86972 (Riverdale)
Dallas Built 1829
93001476 Roseland Plantation Faunsdale
32°26′34″N 87°34′20″W / 32.44268°N 87.57219°W / 32.44268; -87.57219 (Roseland)
Marengo Built 1835–50s, destroyed in 1980s. Several outbuildings now at Sturdivant Hall.
Rosemary Plantation Millers Ferry vicinity
32°05′51″N 87°24′21″W / 32.09760°N 87.40587°W / 32.09760; -87.40587 (Rosemary Plantation)
Wilcox Built c.1858
71000099 Rosemount Forkland
32°40′16″N 87°54′28″W / 32.67111°N 87.90778°W / 32.67111; -87.90778 (Rosemount)
Greene Built in stages from 1832 through the 1850s. Allen Glover, a native of Edgefield District, South Carolina and resident of nearby Demopolis, gave this 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) estate, along with the beginnings of the main house situated upon its star-shaped hill, to his son, Williamson Allen Glover, in the early 1830s.
73000356 Rosewood Lowndesboro vicinity
32°18′21″N 86°35′21″W / 32.30583°N 86.58916°W / 32.30583; -86.58916 (Rosewood)
Lowndes Built 1855, contributing property to Lowndesboro Historic District.
Sandy Hill (Pettway Plantation) Boykin (Gee's Bend)
32°04′23″N 87°17′33″W / 32.07301°N 87.29245°W / 32.07301; -87.29245 (Sandy Hill (Pettway Plantation))
Wilcox Plantation founded by Joseph Gee, a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, circa 1816 in an Alabama River bend that retains his last name to the present. It passed to his nephews upon his death. They transferred it to their relative, Mark Harwell Pettway, also a native of Halifax County North Carolina, in 1845 in order to settle a $29,000 debt. Pettway brought his family and roughly 100 slaves here in 1846. All of the slaves, except for the cook, made the journey on foot. The main house was built around this time. The main house was razed sometime soon after the last owner sold the property to the Farm Security Administration in 1937. The administration built New Deal type houses and sold the tracks of farmland to what were mostly the impoverished descendants of the former Pettway slaves. The community of Boykin is at the same approximate location as the original "slave village" for the plantation.
74000418 Saunders Hall Town Creek
34°43′31″N 87°23′30″W / 34.72523°N 87.39159°W / 34.72523; -87.39159 (Saunders Hall)
Lawrence Built 1830
Sidson (Siddons) Plantation Siddonsville Marengo Tayloe Family Plantation, Canebrake. Owned by B.O. Tayloe
78000494 Spring Villa Opelika
32°35′16″N 85°18′41″W / 32.58788°N 85.31150°W / 32.58788; -85.31150 (Spring Villa)
Lee Built 1850
01001411 Stone Plantation Montgomery
32°21′02″N 86°25′31″W / 32.35056°N 86.42528°W / 32.35056; -86.42528 (Stone Plantation)
Montgomery Built 1852
Stoutenborough Hall Elm Bluff
32°09′29″N 87°03′39″W / 32.15813°N 87.060762°W / 32.15813; -87.060762 (Stoutenborough Hall)
Dallas Built 1850
91000095 Summers Plantation Opelika
32°40′05″N 85°16′19″W / 32.66803°N 85.27189°W / 32.66803; -85.27189 (Summers Plantation)
Lee Built 1837
85000451 Sylvan Plantation Tuscaloosa
33°04′50″N 87°42′09″W / 33.08056°N 87.70250°W / 33.08056; -87.70250 (Sylvan Plantation)
Tuscaloosa Built 1825
73000346 Tanglewood Akron
32°51′11″N 87°40′21″W / 32.85316°N 87.67251°W / 32.85316; -87.67251 (Tanglewood)
Hale Built 1859
Tasso Plantation Orrville vicinity
32°12′48″N 87°10′25″W / 32.21336°N 87.17351°W / 32.21336; -87.17351 (Tasso)
Dallas Built 1850s
84000618 Thornhill Forkland
32°41′15″N 87°55′55″W / 32.68743°N 87.93191°W / 32.68743; -87.93191 (Thornhill)
Greene Built 1833, portico added c.1850.
98000104 Thornhill Talladega vicinity
33°24′09″N 86°08′34″W / 33.40239°N 86.14264°W / 33.40239; -86.14264 (Thornhill)
Talladega Built 1835
Tulip Hill Faunsdale
32°26′51″N 87°38′49″W / 32.44745°N 87.64696°W / 32.44745; -87.64696 (Tulip Hill)
Marengo Home of Andrew Pickens Calhoun
Umbria Sawyerville vicinity
32°44′54″N 87°43′41″W / 32.74847°N 87.72804°W / 32.74847; -87.72804 (Umbria)
Hale Built 1829–50, burned 1973.
Underwood Plantation Pleasant Hill
32°10′00″N 86°55′22″W / 32.16671°N 86.92284°W / 32.16671; -86.92284 (Green Underwood House)
Dallas Built 1845, also known as the Green Underwood House, Underwood-Mayo Home[13] and Black Thistle
Wakefield Furman vicinity
31°59′54″N 86°57′45″W / 31.99821°N 86.96256°W / 31.99821; -86.96256 (Wakefield)
Wilcox Built 1840
94000684 Waldwic Gallion
32°29′05″N 87°42′50″W / 32.48472°N 87.71379°W / 32.48472; -87.71379 (Waldwic)
Hale Built 1840–52
Walnut Grove Plantation Allenville vicinity
32°29′35″N 87°40′45″W / 32.493160°N 87.679035°W / 32.493160; -87.679035 (Wanut Grove)
Hale & Marengo "A frame residence of eight rooms, one of the first homes of so pretentious forms in that country,"[9] built by H. A. Tayloe, who co-owned it and was later bought out by brother George P Tayloe, who then passed it on to his son John William Tayloe, who designed Hawthorne (Prairieville, Alabama) and married Miss Lucie Randolph of "Oakleigh" plantation. B.M. Allen, of adjacent Allenville, later purchased the property.[14][9][7][8]
86002044 Welch Spring Sylacauga
33°08′36″N 86°23′22″W / 33.14344°N 86.38936°W / 33.14344; -86.38936 (Welch Spring)
Talladega Built 1830; Also known as the Welch-Averiett House
74000433 Westwood Uniontown
32°27′35″N 87°30′53″W / 32.45966°N 87.51477°W / 32.45966; -87.51477 (Westwood)
Perry Built 1836–50
White Columns Plantation Camden vicinity
31°57′39″N 87°21′34″W / 31.96075°N 87.35943°W / 31.96075; -87.35943 (White Columns)
Wilcox Built 1860, also known as the Tait-Starr Plantation
78000484 Wilson-Finlay House Gainestown
31°27′14″N 87°41′29″W / 31.45378°N 87.69137°W / 31.45378; -87.69137 (Wilson-Finlay House)
Clarke Built 1846
Windsor Plantation Gallion
32°27′39″N 87°40′54″W / 32.460860°N 87.681660°W / 32.460860; -87.681660 (Windsor)
Marengo Owned by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe and Edward Thornton Tayloe, managed by H.A Tayloe[7][8][9][15]
87000476 Winston Place Valley Head
34°34′05″N 85°36′54″W / 34.568008°N 85.614901°W / 34.568008; -85.614901 (Winston Place)
DeKalb Built 1838
80000683 Woodlands Gosport
31°35′03″N 87°34′24″W / 31.58417°N 87.57333°W / 31.58417; -87.57333 (Woodlands)
Clarke Built 1840
Woodlawn Plantation Uniontown
32°29′48″N 87°24′34″W / 32.496684°N 87.409429°W / 32.496684; -87.409429 (Woodlawn)
Perry Purchased by William Henry Tayloe in 1854, consisted of 1,200 acres and sold in 1858. Winney Grimshaw is documented working here between ages 29 and 32.[8]
06000183 Woodlane Plantation Eufaula
31°50′53″N 85°10′16″W / 31.84803°N 85.17099°W / 31.84803; -85.17099 (Woodlane Plantation)
Barbour Built 1852
Youpon Canton Bend
32°01′59″N 87°22′06″W / 32.03300°N 87.36832°W / 32.03300; -87.36832 (Youpon)
Wilcox Built 1840

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  2. ^ National Park Service (April 2007). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
  3. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Archived from the original on 2004-06-06. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
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  8. ^ a b c d e f A Tale of Two Plantations, Richard S. Dunn, Harvard University Press, Nov 4, 2014
  9. ^ a b c d e Alabama Historical Quarterly (Summer, 1930), p. 109; Dubose, "Chronicles of the Canebrake,"
  10. ^ a b Alabama Historical Quarterly (Winter, 1947), p. 492; Dubose, "Chronicles of the Canebrake,"
  11. ^ "Perry County, Alabama Communities & Places". alabama.msghn.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  12. ^ COLONEL THOMAS T. MUNFORD AND THE LAST CAVALRY OPERATIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR IN VIRGINIA, Anne Trice Thompson Akers, Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1981
  13. ^ Ante-Bellum Mansions of Alabama
  14. ^ The Canebrake Herald (Uniontown, Alabama)26 Mar 1903, Page 8
  15. ^ Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After, Essie Collins Matthews, Champlin Press, 1915