Altwood
National Register of Historic Places

Altwood

Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama
Listed
July 12, 1993
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
93000598

About this property

Altwood is a historic plantation house located near Faunsdale, Alabama. It was built in 1836 by Richard H. Adams, whose wife was Anna Carter Harrison was the daughter of Carter Bassett Harrison, great-granddaughter of Benjamin Harrison V, great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Harrison VI, and great-great-great-granddaughter of King Carter. It began as a log dogtrot house and was then expanded until it came to superficially resemble a Tidewater-type cottage. Brought to the early Alabama frontier by settlers from the Tidewater and Piedmont regions of Virginia, this vernacular house-type is usually a story-and-a-half in height, displays strict symmetry, and is characterized by prominent end chimneys flanking a steeply pitched longitudinal gable roof that is often pierced by dormer windows much like Gunston Hall. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 19, 1988, and to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1993, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.

Location

Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama
32.42391, -87.67454

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Altwood listed on the National Register?

Altwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1993.

What type of historic resource is Altwood?

Altwood is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Altwood?

The period of significance for Altwood is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1836.

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