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Furman, also known as Old Snow Hill, is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. [1] The Furman Historic District is included on the National Register of Historic Places .
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.
Federal style plantation house, built from 1832 to 1834 for James Asbury Tait by skilled slave artisans. [8] 5: Furman Historic District: Furman Historic District: May 13, 1999 : Roughly along Old Snow Hill Rd., County Road 59, Burson Rd., and State Route 21
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The Furman Historic District is a historic district in the community of Furman, Alabama, United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1999. [1] The boundaries are roughly Old Snow Hill Road, Wilcox County Road 59, Burson Road, and AL 21. It contains 1,030 acres (420 ha), 73 buildings, and 14 structures. [2]
Wakefield was in a bend of the Tombigbee River near present-day McIntosh Bluff. The settlement was named by territorial judge Harry Toulmin after Oliver Goldsmith's novel The Vicar of Wakefield. Wakefield was the county seat of Washington County from 1805 to 1809. [2] The arrest of Aaron Burr took place in February 1807.
The Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission is a multiple property submission of properties that were together listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The multiple property submission covers plantation properties that are within the Alabama Canebrake.
Gaineswood was designed and built by General Nathan Bryan Whitfield, beginning in 1843 as a dog-trot cabin, an open-hall log dwelling.Whitfield was a cotton planter who had moved from North Carolina to Marengo County, Alabama in 1834.