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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.
Waltus L. Watkins established the 80-acre livestock farm he called Bethany Plantation in 1839. [8] Watkins Mill was built in 1859-1860. Watkins built housing for the mill workers nearby, creating one of the first planned communities in North America. The community was effectively self-sufficient, the mill producing yarn and wool cloth.
Location of Marshall County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marshall County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Watkins Mill Town Center, a proposed development in Gaithersburg, Maryland This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 17:55 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Gulf Shores is located on the Gulf of Mexico, and is the southernmost settlement in the state of Alabama. [2] It is served by Alabama State Route 59 (Gulf Shores Parkway), which leads north to Foley. Route 182 (Beach Boulevard) runs east-west along the shore front, while Route 180 (Fort Morgan Road) runs parallel to it, north of Little Lagoon.
Mick's Bait Shop owner Mick Treiber, 56, talks with Tod Lindquist, 79, of Portage during his visit to Mick's Bait Shop in Curtis, located in the Upper Peninsula, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
The mill building was purchased in 1909 by hosiery executive W. B. Davis, and converted it into a factory providing ribbing, knitting, and looping. The operation was soon expanded to include dyeing, shaping, and packaging, as it became the largest employer in Fort Payne and gave the town its nickname of the "Sock Capital of the World".
The James Martin House (also known as the Martin-Bounds House) is a historic residence in Florence, Alabama. Martin was a leading Florence industrialist of the Antebellum era, who owned a cotton spinning mill along Cypress Creek. He had come to Florence from Jefferson County, Kentucky, and established his mill in 1839. A fire destroyed the ...