National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, Alabama
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, Alabama.
Location of Marengo County in Alabama
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map.[1]
There are 28 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark.
- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 5, 2021.[2]
Current listings
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Grove |  Allen Grove |
July 7, 1994 (#94000689) |
County Road 1, south of Old Spring Hill 32°25′44″N 87°46′30″W |
Old Spring Hill | A historic district including a Greek Revival style main house (c. 1857), two other buildings and 50 acres (20 ha). |
| 2 | Altwood |  Altwood |
July 13, 1993 (#93000598) |
West of County Road 51, south of its junction with County Road 54 32°25′26″N 87°40′28″W |
Faunsdale | Plantation house with Tidewater Virginia influences, built in 1836. |
| 3 | Ashe Cottage |  Ashe Cottage |
October 19, 1978 (#78000502) |
307 N. Commissioners Ave. 32°31′09″N 87°50′25″W |
Demopolis | Town house built in 1832 and remodeled in the Carpenter Gothic style in 1858. |
| 4 | Bluff Hall |  Bluff Hall |
July 28, 1970 (#70000105) |
405 N. Commissioners Ave. 32°31′13″N 87°50′25″W |
Demopolis | Federal style mansion built in 1832 for Francis Strother Lyon and wife, Sarah Serena Glover, by her father, Allen Glover. Remodeled in the Greek Revival style in the 1840s. |
| 5 | Cedar Crest |  Cedar Crest |
August 5, 1993 (#93000763) |
Eastern side of County Road 51, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of County Road 54 32°25′41″N 87°39′37″W |
Faunsdale | Greek Revival style plantation house built in 1850 for Kimbrough C. Dubose. |
| 6 | Cedar Grove Plantation |  Cedar Grove Plantation |
July 13, 1993 (#93000599) |
County Road 78 east of its junction with State Route 25 32°26′51″N 87°34′31″W |
Faunsdale | Large plantation house built in 1848 in the Greek Revival style. Known, in part, for its association with Nicola Marschall. |
| 7 | Cedar Haven |  Cedar Haven |
July 13, 1993 (#93000600) |
County Road 61 southeast of its junction with State Route 25 32°25′04″N 87°35′14″W |
Faunsdale | Greek Revival style plantation house built in 1850 and destroyed in 2000s. The site remains listed on the register. |
| 8 | Confederate Park |  Confederate Park |
October 29, 1975 (#75000319) |
Bounded by Main, Capitol, Walnut, and Washington Sts. 32°31′04″N 87°50′17″W |
Demopolis | Town square of Demopolis, established in 1819. Covering one city block, it is one of the oldest public squares known in Alabama. |
| 9 | Cuba Plantation |  Cuba Plantation |
July 13, 1993 (#93000601) |
County Road 54 west of its junction with State Route 25 32°26′28″N 87°38′47″W |
Faunsdale | Plantation established by Andrew Pickens Calhoun, son of John C. Calhoun. Sold to Tristram Bethea in 1863, it has remained in the Bethea family to the present day. |
| 10 | Curtis House |  Curtis House |
April 11, 1977 (#77000214) |
510 N. Main 32°31′17″N 87°50′18″W |
Demopolis | Federal style town house built in 1840 by Samuel Curtis, a Revolutionary War veteran. |
| 11 | Demopolis Historic District |  Demopolis Historic District |
October 25, 1979 (#79000391) |
Roughly bounded by E. Gaines, N. Ash, W. Pettus, & S. Stewart Sts. 32°31′03″N 87°50′21″W |
Demopolis | Boundary increase and name changed in 2014[5] |
| 12 | Demopolis Public School |  Demopolis Public School |
October 28, 1983 (#83003453) |
601 S. Main Ave. 32°30′38″N 87°50′18″W |
Demopolis | Beaux-Arts style public school building, completed in 1914. |
| 13 | Patrick Farrish House |  Patrick Farrish House |
August 31, 2000 (#00001026) |
177 East St. 32°16′09″N 87°37′09″W |
Thomaston | Craftsman style house built in 1926. |
| 14 | Faunsdale Plantation |  Faunsdale Plantation |
July 13, 1993 (#93000602) |
County Road 54 just west of its junction with State Route 25 32°26′07″N 87°36′07″W |
Faunsdale | Historic district with a Greek Revival style main house, built in 1844, and several slave quarters built in the Carpenter Gothic style. |
| 15 | Foscue-Whitfield House |  Foscue-Whitfield House |
January 21, 1974 (#74000423) |
West of Demopolis on U.S. Route 80 32°29′06″N 87°52′01″W |
Demopolis | Federal style brick house built in 1840 for Augustus Foscue. |
| 16 | Gaineswood |  Gaineswood |
January 5, 1972 (#72000167) |
805 S. Cedar St. 32°30′30″N 87°50′01″W |
Demopolis | Built by Nathan Bryan Whitfield from 1843 to 1860, this plantation house is considered by architectural historians as one of the most elaborate and significant examples of Greek Revival architecture in Alabama. |
| 17 | Glover Mausoleum |  Glover Mausoleum |
January 21, 1974 (#74000424) |
Riverside Cemetery 32°30′54″N 87°50′59″W |
Demopolis | Elaborate Greek Revival style mausoleum, completed in 1845 by Mary Anne Glover for the burial of her husband, Allen Glover. |
| 18 | C. S. Golden House |  C. S. Golden House |
August 31, 2000 (#00001029) |
540 7th Ave. 32°16′26″N 87°37′22″W |
Thomaston | Queen Anne style house built in 1898. |
| 19 | Half-Chance Bridge |  Half-Chance Bridge |
September 14, 1972 (#72000166) |
Marengo County Route 39 over the Chickasaw Bogue Creek 32°18′44″N 87°42′04″W |
Dayton | Iron bridge built by the King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio in 1880. Destroyed in a flood between 2008 and 2012. |
| 20 | Jefferson Historic District |  Jefferson Historic District |
November 13, 1976 (#76000342) |
State Route 28 32°23′05″N 87°53′49″W |
Jefferson | Collection of thirteen Greek Revival buildings in the village of Jefferson that reflect the pre-Civil War plantation economy of Alabama. |
| 21 | Lyon-Lamar House |  Lyon-Lamar House |
January 21, 1974 (#74000425) |
102 S. Main Ave. 32°30′56″N 87°50′21″W |
Demopolis | Greek Revival style mansion completed in 1853 by George Gaines Lyon and his wife, Anne Glover. |
| 22 | Old Courthouse |  Old Courthouse |
January 18, 1974 (#74000426) |
300 W. Cahaba Ave. 32°18′43″N 87°48′03″W |
Linden | The third courthouse for Marengo County, this Greek Revival style building was completed in 1850. |
| 23 | William Poole House |  William Poole House |
July 7, 1994 (#94000687) |
Junction of State Route 25 and Palmetto Rd. 32°20′58″N 87°38′41″W |
Dayton | Greek Revival style plantation house built in 1848. |
| 24 | Roseland Plantation |  Roseland Plantation |
January 20, 1994 (#93001476) |
County Road 54, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Faunsdale. 32°26′40″N 87°34′03″W |
Faunsdale | The site of a historic plantation. The Greek Revival style main house was completed in 1850. It has been destroyed, but several outbuildings remain. |
| 25 | Thomaston Central Historic District |  Thomaston Central Historic District |
September 14, 2000 (#00001023) |
Roughly bounded by Chestnut St., 6th Ave., 7th Ave., Short St., and the CSX railroad line 32°16′04″N 87°37′31″W |
Thomaston | Historic district covering much of the town of Thomaston. Its contains examples of early 20th century architecture. |
| 26 | Thomaston Colored Institute |  Thomaston Colored Institute |
August 31, 2000 (#00001024) |
1120 7th Ave. 32°16′22″N 87°37′49″W |
Thomaston | Completed in 1910 by West Alabama Primitive Baptist Association as a school for African Americans. |
| 27 | U.S. Post Office |  U.S. Post Office |
July 28, 1984 (#84000657) |
100 W. Capitol St. 32°31′06″N 87°50′16″W |
Demopolis | Neoclassical style post office built in 1914. |
| 28 | White Bluff |  White Bluff |
August 25, 1970 (#70000106) |
Arch St. 32°31′11″N 87°50′30″W |
Demopolis | Historic bluff above the Tombigbee River in Demopolis, first named Ecor Blanc by 18th century French explorers. |
See also
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References
- The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
- "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on February 5, 2021.
- Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- "Demopolis Historic District (Boundary Increase)".
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