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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.
The Joseph Wheeler Plantation, formally known as The Joseph Wheeler Plantation, is a historic plantation complex and historic district in the Tennessee River Valley in Wheeler, Alabama. [2] The property contains twelve historically significant structures dating from 1818 to the 1880s. [3]
By 1861 nearly 45% of the population of Alabama were slaves, and slave plantation agriculture was the center of the Alabama economy. [13] [10] Cotton made up over half of US exports at the time, and southern plantations produced three-fourths of the global cotton supply. [14]
The William Poole House, also known as the William Cade Thompson House, is a historic plantation house and historic district in Dayton, Alabama. [1] The Greek Revival style house was completed in 1848.
It had been the site of a plantation complex, and prior to the American Civil War it was known for cotton production worked by enslaved people. [2] [3] It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on September 28, 2000; and listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places for architecture on December 31, 2001. [1] [4]
Faunsdale Plantation is a historic slave plantation near the town of Faunsdale, Alabama, United States. This plantation is in the Black Belt, a section of the state developed for cotton plantations. Until the U.S. Civil War, planters held as many as 186 enslaved African Americans as laborers to raise cotton as a commodity crop.
Gaineswood is on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973. [2] [9] The estate is owned by the state of Alabama and is administered by the Alabama Historical Commission. [1] Severe moisture damage to the ceiling and dome in the dining room was corrected under a Save America's Treasures ...
Roseland Plantation is a historic plantation complex site in Faunsdale, Alabama. [1] The site is situated on a low hill at the end of a long driveway on the overgrown estate. [ 3 ] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1994, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated ...