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Location of Marengo County in Alabama

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, 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 March 22, 2024.[2]

Current listings

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Allen Grove
Allen Grove
Allen Grove
July 7, 1994
(#94000689)
County Road 1, south of Old Spring Hill
32°25′44″N 87°46′30″W / 32.428889°N 87.775°W / 32.428889; -87.775 (Allen Grove)
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
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 / 32.423889°N 87.674444°W / 32.423889; -87.674444 (Altwood)
Faunsdale Plantation house with Tidewater Virginia influences, built in 1836.
3 Ashe Cottage
Ashe Cottage
Ashe Cottage
October 19, 1978
(#78000502)
307 N. Commissioners Ave.
32°31′09″N 87°50′25″W / 32.519167°N 87.840278°W / 32.519167; -87.840278 (Ashe Cottage)
Demopolis Town house built in 1832 and remodeled in the Carpenter Gothic style in 1858.
4 Bluff Hall
Bluff Hall
Bluff Hall
July 28, 1970
(#70000105)
405 N. Commissioners Ave.
32°31′13″N 87°50′25″W / 32.52022°N 87.84029°W / 32.52022; -87.84029 (Bluff Hall)
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
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 / 32.428056°N 87.660278°W / 32.428056; -87.660278 (Cedar Crest)
Faunsdale Greek Revival style plantation house built in 1850 for Kimbrough C. Dubose.
6 Cedar Grove Plantation
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 / 32.4475°N 87.575278°W / 32.4475; -87.575278 (Cedar Grove Plantation)
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
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 / 32.4177°N 87.58721°W / 32.4177; -87.58721 (Cedar Haven)
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
Confederate Park
October 29, 1975
(#75000319)
Bounded by Main, Capitol, Walnut, and Washington Sts.
32°31′04″N 87°50′17″W / 32.517778°N 87.838056°W / 32.517778; -87.838056 (Confederate Park)
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
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 / 32.44103°N 87.64639°W / 32.44103; -87.64639 (Cuba Plantation)
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
Curtis House
April 11, 1977
(#77000214)
510 N. Main
32°31′17″N 87°50′18″W / 32.521389°N 87.838333°W / 32.521389; -87.838333 (Curtis House)
Demopolis Federal style town house built in 1840 by Samuel Curtis, a Revolutionary War veteran.
11 Demopolis Historic District
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 / 32.5175°N 87.839167°W / 32.5175; -87.839167 (Demopolis Historic District)
Demopolis Boundary increase and name changed in 2014[5]
12 Demopolis Public School
Demopolis Public School
Demopolis Public School
October 28, 1983
(#83003453)
601 S. Main Ave.
32°30′38″N 87°50′18″W / 32.510556°N 87.838333°W / 32.510556; -87.838333 (Demopolis Public School)
Demopolis Beaux-Arts style public school building, completed in 1914.
13 Patrick Farrish House
Patrick Farrish House
Patrick Farrish House
August 31, 2000
(#00001026)
177 East St.
32°16′09″N 87°37′09″W / 32.269167°N 87.619167°W / 32.269167; -87.619167 (Patrick Farrish House)
Thomaston Craftsman style house built in 1926.
14 Faunsdale Plantation
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 / 32.435278°N 87.601944°W / 32.435278; -87.601944 (Faunsdale Plantation)
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
Foscue-Whitfield House
January 21, 1974
(#74000423)
West of Demopolis on U.S. Route 80
32°29′06″N 87°52′01″W / 32.485°N 87.866944°W / 32.485; -87.866944 (Foscue-Whitfield House)
Demopolis Federal style brick house built in 1840 for Augustus Foscue.
16 Gaineswood
Gaineswood
Gaineswood
January 5, 1972
(#72000167)
805 S. Cedar St.
32°30′30″N 87°50′01″W / 32.50822°N 87.83364°W / 32.50822; -87.83364 (Gaineswood)
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
Glover Mausoleum
January 21, 1974
(#74000424)
Riverside Cemetery
32°30′54″N 87°50′59″W / 32.515°N 87.849722°W / 32.515; -87.849722 (Glover Mausoleum)
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
C. S. Golden House
August 31, 2000
(#00001029)
540 7th Ave.
32°16′26″N 87°37′22″W / 32.27383°N 87.62278°W / 32.27383; -87.62278 (C. S. Golden House)
Thomaston Queen Anne style house built in 1898.
19 Half-Chance Bridge
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 / 32.3122°N 87.70113°W / 32.3122; -87.70113 (Half-Chance Bridge)
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
Jefferson Historic District
November 13, 1976
(#76000342)
State Route 28
32°23′05″N 87°53′49″W / 32.384722°N 87.896944°W / 32.384722; -87.896944 (Jefferson Historic District)
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
Lyon-Lamar House
January 21, 1974
(#74000425)
102 S. Main Ave.
32°30′56″N 87°50′21″W / 32.515556°N 87.839167°W / 32.515556; -87.839167 (Lyon-Lamar House)
Demopolis Greek Revival style mansion completed in 1853 by George Gaines Lyon and his wife, Anne Glover.
22 Old Courthouse
Old Courthouse
Old Courthouse
January 18, 1974
(#74000426)
300 W. Cahaba Ave.
32°18′43″N 87°48′03″W / 32.311944°N 87.800833°W / 32.311944; -87.800833 (Old Courthouse)
Linden The third courthouse for Marengo County, this Greek Revival style building was completed in 1850.
23 William Poole House
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 / 32.349444°N 87.644722°W / 32.349444; -87.644722 (William Poole House)
Dayton Greek Revival style plantation house built in 1848.
24 Roseland Plantation
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 / 32.444444°N 87.5675°W / 32.444444; -87.5675 (Roseland Plantation)
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
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 / 32.267778°N 87.625278°W / 32.267778; -87.625278 (Thomaston Central Historic District)
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
Thomaston Colored Institute
August 31, 2000
(#00001024)
1120 7th Ave.
32°16′22″N 87°37′49″W / 32.272778°N 87.630278°W / 32.272778; -87.630278 (Thomaston Colored Institute)
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
U.S. Post Office
July 28, 1984
(#84000657)
100 W. Capitol St.
32°31′06″N 87°50′16″W / 32.518333°N 87.837778°W / 32.518333; -87.837778 (U.S. Post Office)
Demopolis Neoclassical style post office built in 1914.
28 White Bluff
White Bluff
White Bluff
August 25, 1970
(#70000106)
Arch St.
32°31′11″N 87°50′30″W / 32.5197°N 87.84161°W / 32.5197; -87.84161 (White Bluff)
Demopolis Historic bluff above the Tombigbee River in Demopolis, first named Ecor Blanc by 18th century French explorers.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Demopolis Historic District (Boundary Increase)".