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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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.
"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]
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]
^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
^The Canebrake Herald (Uniontown, Alabama)26 Mar 1903, Page 8
^Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After, Essie Collins Matthews, Champlin Press, 1915
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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.
"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]
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]
^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
^The Canebrake Herald (Uniontown, Alabama)26 Mar 1903, Page 8
^Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After, Essie Collins Matthews, Champlin Press, 1915