Allen Grove (Alabama)


Allen Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Allen Grove in 2008
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Nearest city	Old Spring Hill, Alabama
Coordinates	32°25′44″N 87°46′30″W / 32.42889°N 87.77500°W / 32.42889; -87.77500Coordinates: 32°25′44″N 87°46′30″W / 32.42889°N 87.77500°W / 32.42889; -87.77500
Area	50 acres (200,000 m²)^[1]
Built	1857
Architect	Rudisill, David
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission^[2]
NRHP Reference #	94000689^[3]
Added to NRHP	July 7, 1994

Allen Grove is a plantation house and historic district located in Old Spring Hill, Alabama.^[3] The Greek Revival house was built for John Gray Allen in 1857 by David Rudisill. It is a two-story frame structure with a two-story front portico featuring square paneled columns. The roof is hipped with side dormers. In 1890 the rear facade was altered when a kitchen and pantry wing and a two-story back porch was added.^[4] The house and two other plantation buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 1994 as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 "Alabama - Marengo County - Historic Districts". NationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces.Com (private website echoing public domain NRIS data).
↑ Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
1 2 3 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 15. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 1-891647-58-X

National Register of Historic Places in Marengo County, Alabama

National Historic Landmark	Gaineswood

Historic districts	Allen Grove Cedar Grove Plantation Cuba Plantation Demopolis Historic Business District Faunsdale Plantation Jefferson Historic District William Poole House Thomaston Central Historic District

Other properties	Altwood Ashe Cottage Bluff Hall Cedar Crest Cedar Haven Confederate Park Curtis House Demopolis Public School Patrick Farrish House Foscue-Whitfield House Glover Mausoleum C. S. Golden House Half-Chance Bridge Lyon-Lamar House Old Courthouse Roseland Plantation Thomaston Colored Institute U.S. Post Office White Bluff

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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