List of plantations in Alabama


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.
A 2014 article listed numerous plantation houses that were endangered or had already been lost.
Color keyHistoric register listing
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Contributing property to a National Register of Historic Places historic district
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Alabama Century and/or Heritage Farm
Not listed on national or state register

Historic register/
Reference number
NameImageLocalityCountyNotes
85002925Aduston HallGainesville
SumterBuilt from 1844–46 for Amos Travis, a native of Georgia. It is a major contributing property to the Gainesville Historic District.
Adventure PlantationFaunsdale vicinity
MarengoCo-owned by H. A. Tayloe, William Henry Tayloe and Benjamin Ogle Tayloe. Later party of Cuba Plantation.
AlpineAlpine
TalladegaBuilt for Nathaniel Welch, a native of Virginia, by Almarion Devalco Bell in 1858.
93000598AltwoodFaunsdale
MarengoBuilt in 1836 for Richard Henry Adams and Anna Carter Harrison, both natives of Virginia.
70000103ArlingtonBirmingham
JeffersonBuilt from 1845–50 for William S. Mudd, a native of Kentucky. The plantation was in the community of Elyton prior to the American Civil War. It was used as a headquarters by federal troops during the war. The plantation and community were eventually absorbed by Birmingham, a city that Mudd helped establish after the war.
94000690Atkins' RidgeGreensboro
HaleBuilt for John Atkins, a native of Virginia, in 1840.
94000686Augusta Sledge HouseNewbern
HaleBuilt in the cottage orné style in 1855. It was razed during the 21st century.
73000337Barton HallCherokee
ColbertListed as a National Historic Landmark, this house is considered to be an "unusually sophisticated Greek Revival style plantation house". It was completed in 1849 by Armstead Barton, a native of Tennessee.
94000698BatterseaPrairieville
HaleOne of several contiguous Vaughan family plantations. The Vaughans were natives of Petersburg, Virginia. The main house began as a log house during the 1820s, but was expanded and completed circa 1845.
72000164Belle MinaBelle Mina
LimestoneOne of the earliest plantation houses with a monumental portico in the state, Belle Mina was built from 1826-35 for Alabama's second governor, Thomas Bibb. Bibb was a native of Amelia County, Virginia.
82002003Belle MontTuscumbia vicinity
ColbertBuilt between 1828 and 1832 for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia. Considered by architectural scholars to be a clear example of Thomas Jefferson's influence upon the architecture of the early United States.
BelvoirPleasant Hill vicinity
DallasThis plantation was established in 1825 by Reuben Saffold II, a native of Wilkes County, Georgia. The current main house was built circa 1845.
94000692Bermuda HillPrairieville
HaleAlthough the exact builder is unclear, the house was built circa 1845. The property was owned by William W. Manning, a native Montgomery, who sold it in 1845 to his brother-in-law, William Weeden, a native of Madison County.
82002014Boligee HillBoligee
HaleBuilt 1840,
Now known as Myrtle Hill.
94000685Borden OaksGreensboro
HaleBuilt 1835–37
86001544Bride's HillWheeler
LawrenceBuilt 1830
74000396Buena VistaPrattville
AutaugaBuilt c.1822–1844
Bullard PlantationPerdue Hill
MonroeBuilt 1858-59
93000763Cedar CrestFaunsdale
MarengoBuilt 1850
93000599Cedar Grove PlantationFaunsdale
MarengoBuilt 1848
93000600Cedar HavenFaunsdale
MarengoBuilt 1850, destroyed during 1990s.
Chasley FarmsFranklin
MonroeBuilt 1835, rare intact plantation complex.
84000384Cherokee PlantationFort Payne
DeKalbBuilt 1821, with later expansions.
85002924Colgin HillGainesville
SumterBuilt 1832
Cook HillCamden vicinity
WilcoxBuilt 1839, an I-house.
95000147CountrysideCamden
WilcoxBuilt 1855, also known as the Tait-Ervin House
89000310CreekwoodCreek Stand
MaconBuilt 1850
CrumptoniaCrumptonia
DallasBuilt 1855
93000601Cuba PlantationFaunsdale
MarengoBuilt 1850
87001552Davidson PlantationCentreville
BibbBuilt for Samuel Wilson Davidson, a native of North Carolina, in 1837.
93001517Dellet PlantationClaiborne
MonroeBuilt c.1835–40
DicksoniaLowndesboro
LowndesBuilt 1830–56, burned 1939. Rebuilt 1940, burned 1964.
Drish PlantationTuscaloosa
TuscaloosaBuilt 1837,
remodeled 1855.
House is only remnant of plantation, long overtaken by city growth.
99000250Dry Fork PlantationCoy
WilcoxBuilt 1832–34
EdenCarlowville vicinity
DallasBuilt 1830
73000367EdgewoodMontgomery vicinity
MontgomeryBuilt 1821
Elmwood PlatnationArcola vicinity
HaleElmwood Plantation, Established by George P. Tayloe, inherited by his son Col. George Edward Tayloe, CSA, in 1858. Owned by Desha Smith, of Mobile, Alabama, circa 1870, sister of Alva Erskine Stirling Smith Belmont wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt then Oliver H. P. Belmont, mother of the 9th Duchess of Marlboro.
Elm BluffElm Bluff
DallasBuilt 1845
91001483Elm Ridge PlantationGreensboro
HaleBuilt c.1836
99000793Everhope PlantationEutaw
GreeneBuilt 1852–53
92000630Fairhope PlantationUniontown
PerryBuilt c.1857 by Joseph Selden, FFV
93000602Faunsdale PlantationFaunsdale
MarengoPatented in 1832 by H. A. Tayloe of nearby "Walnut Grove Plantation" and built 1844 by Dr. Thomas Alexander Harrison. Extant slave quarters still on property.
97001166Forks of CypressFlorence
LauderdaleBuilt 1830,
struck by lightning
and burned 1966.
72000167GaineswoodDemopolis
MarengoBuilt 1843–61
79000402Glennville PlantationPittsview vicinity
RussellBuilt 1840s, contributing property to the Glennville Historic District.
80000735Glenn-Thompson PlantationPittsview
RussellBuilt 1837
78000488GlencairnGreensboro
HaleBuilt 1835
Grace-Chesnut HouseOak Hill vicinity
WilcoxBuilt 1852, an I-house.
82001617GrassdaleEutaw
GreeneBuilt c.1820.
80000364Grey ColumnsTuskegee
MaconBuilt 1854
87001784Alfred Hatch Place at ArcolaArcola
HaleBuilt 1856
94000694HawthornePrairieville
HaleBuilt 1818–1862
85000452HawthornePine Apple
WilcoxBuilt 1854
Dr. William Hughes PlantationAliceville vicinity
PickensBuilt from 1845–50, known for its extremely elaborate interior plasterwork. It was razed in 1939.
93001012IdlewildTalladega vicinity
TalladegaBuilt 1843
InglesideAliceville
PickensBuilt 1849
70000101Ivy GreenTuscumbia
ColbertBuilt 1820
Kenan PlantationSelma vicinity
DallasBuilt c.1840
90001318Kenworthy HallMarion
PerryBuilt 1858–60
76000327KirkwoodEutaw
GreeneBuilt 1858
LakewoodLivingston
SumterBuilt 1840
Larkin PlantationUniontownPerry
Founded by John Larkin then purchased by William Henry Tayloe who expanded it to 2,085 acres. Winney Grimshaw is documented working here from ages 33 to 40. William lived there for sometime during the Civil War leaving Mount Airy, in Virginia to be tended to by his son Henry Augustine Tayloe II, whom eventually inherited it and this plantation.
Lee HavenLivingston vicinity
SumterBuilt 1840, an I-house.
84000751Liberty HallCamden
WilcoxBuilt 1855
Macon StationGallion
HaleFounded by H. A. Tayloe as a Rail Station on the Selma-Demoplis Line.
Magnolia CrestBurkville vicinity
LowndesBuilt 1840s
76000355Magnolia GreenSeale vicinity
RussellBuilt 1840
73000345Magnolia GroveGreensboro
HaleBuilt 1840
76000328Magnolia HallGreensboro
HaleBuilt c. 1855, contributing property to the Greensboro Historic District
73000356MarengoLowndesboro
LowndesBuilt 1847, contributing property to Lowndesboro Historic District.
82002010Marshall's GroveSelma
DallasBuilt 1840
McMillan PlantationOrrville vicinity
DallasBuilt 1858
73000356MeadowlawnLowndesboro
LowndesBuilt 1853, contributing property to Lowndesboro Historic District.
MelroseMcShan vicinity
PickensBuilt 1840
88003123Merry OaksSandy Ridge
LowndesBuilt 1860
89000314MillwoodGreensboro
HaleBuilt 1830
Mollette PlantationOrrville vicinity
DallasTwo-story main house built for William Page Mollette, a native Beaufort District, South Carolina in 1835.
10000523Moore-Webb-Holmes PlantationMarion vicinity
PerryEstablished 1819
73000331MontebrierBrierfield
BibbBuilt 1853
Moseley GroveOrrville vicinity
DallasBuilt 1857
Moss HillPine Apple vicinity
WilcoxBuilt 1845, an I-house.
Mount IdaSylacauga vicinity
TalladegaBuilt 1833–59,
struck by lightning
and burned 1956.
Mountain Spring PlantationSylacauga
TalladegaBuilt 1842, also known as the Oden-Bledsoe-Kelly Plantation. Recorded by the HABS.
New Hope PlantationGallion vicinity
HaleGothic Revival Residence of Henry Augustine Tayloe Secretary of the Alabama Diocesan Episcopal Convention. Henry gave this planation to his daughter, Narcissa Elizabeth Tayloe, who married Benjamin F Hatch, son of Alfred Hatch, whose daughter Minnie Hatch Macartney Pearson inherited it after.
72000163Noble HallAuburn
LeeBuilt 1854
80000686Oak GroveGreensboro
HaleBuilt 1824, destroyed 1980s.
Oakland PlantationUniontown vicinity
Hale & PerryCo-owned by H. A. Tayloe and William Henry Tayloe. Winney Grimshaw is documented working on this plantation between the ages of 19 and 28. William gave the 2,300 acre farm to his daughter Emma, and husband Thomas Munford.
76000319The OaksTuscumbia vicinity
ColbertBuilt 1818
The OaksSelma
DallasBuilt c.1850
Oak ManorLivingston vicinity
SumterBuilt 1860, now ruinous.
93000598Oak PlaceHuntsville
MadisonBuilt 1840
73000367OakhurstEmelle
SumterBuilt 1854
77000212OaklawnHuntsville
MadisonBuilt 1844
Odena PlantationSylacauga
TalladegaBuilt 1835, 1855, 1935. Also known as Oden-Sanford Farm. 3037 Odena Rd S., and 2013 County Rd 45/Old Sylacauga Hwy, Sylacauga.
86001157Orange ValeTalladega vicinity
TalladegaBuilt 1852
76000330Owen Plantation HouseBessemer
JeffersonBuilt 1838
Patience PlantationFurman vicinity
WilcoxBuilt 1842
73000356The PillarsLowndesboro
LowndesBuilt 1856, contributing property to Lowndesboro Historic District.
92000819Samuel R. Pitts PlantationPittsview
RussellBuilt 1846
84000717Pitts' FollyUniontown
PerryBuilt 1852–53
85001501Pleasant RidgeCanton Bend
WilcoxBuilt 1842, a brick I-house.
77000209Pond SpringWheeler
LawrenceBuilt 1818–80
94000687William Poole HouseDayton
MarengoBuilt 1848
86000997Preuit OaksLeighton vicinity
ColbertBuilt 1847
Ramsey-Jones-Bonner HouseOak Hill
WilcoxBuilt 1837–1838, an I-house.
94000697Randolph PlantationPrairieville
HaleBuilt 1850
92001844ReverieMarion
PerryBuilt c. 1858, contributing property to the West Marion Historic District.
Rocky Hill CastleCourtland vicinity
LawrenceBuilt 1858–61, destroyed in 1961
93000421River Bluff PlantationCamden
WilcoxBuilt 1845
79000384RiverdaleSelma
DallasBuilt 1829
93001476Roseland PlantationFaunsdale
MarengoBuilt 1835–50s, destroyed in 1980s. Several outbuildings now at Sturdivant Hall.
Rosemary PlantationMillers Ferry vicinity
WilcoxBuilt c.1858
71000099RosemountForkland
GreeneBuilt in stages from 1832 through the 1850s. Allen Glover, a native of Edgefield District, South Carolina and resident of nearby Demopolis, gave this 3,000-acre estate, along with the beginnings of the main house situated upon its star-shaped hill, to his son, Williamson Allen Glover, in the early 1830s.
73000356RosewoodLowndesboro vicinity
LowndesBuilt 1855, contributing property to Lowndesboro Historic District.
Sandy Hill Boykin
WilcoxPlantation founded by Joseph Gee, a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, circa 1816 in an Alabama River bend that retains his last name to the present. It passed to his nephews upon his death. They transferred it to their relative, Mark Harwell Pettway, also a native of Halifax County North Carolina, in 1845 in order to settle a $29,000 debt. Pettway brought his family and roughly 100 slaves here in 1846. All of the slaves, except for the cook, made the journey on foot. The main house was built around this time. The main house was razed sometime soon after the last owner sold the property to the Farm Security Administration in 1937. The administration built New Deal type houses and sold the tracks of farmland to what were mostly the impoverished descendants of the former Pettway slaves. The community of Boykin is at the same approximate location as the original "slave village" for the plantation.
74000418Saunders HallTown Creek
LawrenceBuilt 1830
78000494Spring VillaOpelika
LeeBuilt 1850
01001411Stone PlantationMontgomery
MontgomeryBuilt 1852
Stoutenborough HallElm Bluff
DallasBuilt 1850
91000095Summers PlantationOpelika
LeeBuilt 1837
85000451Sylvan PlantationTuscaloosa
TuscaloosaBuilt 1825
73000346TanglewoodAkron
HaleBuilt 1859
Tasso PlantationOrrville vicinity
DallasBuilt 1850s
84000618ThornhillForkland
GreeneBuilt 1833, portico added c.1850.
98000104ThornhillTalladega vicinity
TalladegaBuilt 1835
Tulip HillFaunsdale
MarengoHome of Andrew Pickens Calhoun
UmbriaSawyerville vicinity
HaleBuilt 1829–50, burned 1973.
Underwood PlantationPleasant Hill
DallasBuilt 1845, also known as the Green Underwood House, Underwood-Mayo Home and Black Thistle
WakefieldFurman vicinity
WilcoxBuilt 1840
94000684WaldwicGallion
HaleBuilt 1840–52
Walnut Grove PlantationAllenvillevicinity
Hale & Marengo"A frame residence of eight rooms, one of the first homes of so pretentious forms in that country," built by H. A. Tayloe, who co-owned it and was later bought out by brother George P Tayloe, who then passed it on to his son John William Tayloe, who designed Hawthorne and married Miss Lucie Randolph of "Oakleigh" plantation. B.M. Allen, of adjecent Allenville, later purchased the property.
86002044Welch SpringSylacauga
TalladegaBuilt 1830; Also known as the Welch-Averiett House
74000433WestwoodUniontown
PerryBuilt 1836–50
White Columns PlantationCamden vicinity
WilcoxBuilt 1860, also known as the Tait-Starr Plantation
78000484Wilson-Finlay HouseGainestown
ClarkeBuilt 1846
Windsor PlantationGallion
MarengoOwned by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe and Edward Thornton Tayloe, managed by H.A Tayloe
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