National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, Alabama

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 October 14, 2022. ^[2]

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Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed [4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Allen Grove	Allen Grove More images	July 7, 1994 (#94000689)	County Road 1, south of Old Spring Hill 32°25′44″N87°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 More images	July 13, 1993 (#93000598)	West of County Road 51, south of its junction with County Road 54 32°25′26″N87°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 More images	October 19, 1978 (#78000502)	307 N. Commissioners Ave. 32°31′09″N87°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 More images	July 28, 1970 (#70000105)	405 N. Commissioners Ave. 32°31′13″N87°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	August 5, 1993 (#93000763)	Eastern side of County Road 51, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of County Road 54 32°25′41″N87°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	July 13, 1993 (#93000599)	County Road 78 east of its junction with State Route 25 32°26′51″N87°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	July 13, 1993 (#93000600)	County Road 61 southeast of its junction with State Route 25 32°25′04″N87°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 More images	October 29, 1975 (#75000319)	Bounded by Main, Capitol, Walnut, and Washington Sts. 32°31′04″N87°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	July 13, 1993 (#93000601)	County Road 54 west of its junction with State Route 25 32°26′28″N87°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 More images	April 11, 1977 (#77000214)	510 N. Main 32°31′17″N87°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 More images	October 25, 1979 (#79000391)	Roughly bounded by E. Gaines, N. Ash, W. Pettus, & S. Stewart Sts. 32°31′03″N87°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 More images	October 28, 1983 (#83003453)	601 S. Main Ave. 32°30′38″N87°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 More images	August 31, 2000 (#00001026)	177 East St. 32°16′09″N87°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 More images	July 13, 1993 (#93000602)	County Road 54 just west of its junction with State Route 25 32°26′07″N87°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	January 21, 1974 (#74000423)	West of Demopolis on U.S. Route 80 32°29′06″N87°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 More images	January 5, 1972 (#72000167)	805 S. Cedar St. 32°30′30″N87°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 More images	January 21, 1974 (#74000424)	Riverside Cemetery 32°30′54″N87°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 More images	August 31, 2000 (#00001029)	540 7th Ave. 32°16′26″N87°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 More images	September 14, 1972 (#72000166)	Marengo County Route 39 over the Chickasaw Bogue Creek 32°18′44″N87°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	November 13, 1976 (#76000342)	State Route 28 32°23′05″N87°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 More images	January 21, 1974 (#74000425)	102 S. Main Ave. 32°30′56″N87°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 More images	January 18, 1974 (#74000426)	300 W. Cahaba Ave. 32°18′43″N87°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 More images	July 7, 1994 (#94000687)	Junction of State Route 25 and Palmetto Rd. 32°20′58″N87°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	January 20, 1994 (#93001476)	County Road 54, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Faunsdale. 32°26′40″N87°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 More images	September 14, 2000 (#00001023)	Roughly bounded by Chestnut St., 6th Ave., 7th Ave., Short St., and the CSX railroad line 32°16′04″N87°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 More images	August 31, 2000 (#00001024)	1120 7th Ave. 32°16′22″N87°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 More images	July 28, 1984 (#84000657)	100 W. Capitol St. 32°31′06″N87°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 More images	August 25, 1970 (#70000106)	Arch St. 32°31′11″N87°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

• Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Alabama

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 October 14, 2022.
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)".