Fort Dale-College Street Historic District

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Fort Dale-College Street Historic District
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LocationRoughly bounded by Ft. Dale, Hamilton, and N. College Sts., Greenville, Alabama
Coordinates 31°50′04″N86°37′50″W / 31.83444°N 86.63056°W / 31.83444; -86.63056
Area32.5 acres (13.2 ha)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman
MPS Greenville MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001974 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1986
Designated ARLHMarch 20, 1980 [2]

The Fort Dale-College Street Historic District is a historic district in Greenville, Alabama. The district contains Greenville's oldest existing affluent residences, dating to as early as the 1850s. In the initial federal land sale following the Creek War, the area that became northwest Greenville was claimed by William Dunklin. Dunklin sold the claim to William Burnette, who began to parcel the land for sale and to give to family members. Burnette's daughter and son-in-law built a Corinthian-columned Greek Revival home in 1857. A few other pre-Civil War houses remain, and construction continued after the war, including a school building that was later converted into a house. Most of the early residences were large, and built in Greek Revival, Second Empire, and Colonial Revival styles. Beginning in the 20th century, bungalows and cottages on smaller lots began to emerge. One of the later constructions in the district is a Spanish Colonial Revival house, built in 1928. [3]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage as of April 7, 2023" (PDF). ahc.alabama.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  3. Qualls, Shirley; Bailey, Michael; Dolan, Tom (January 1986). "Fort Dale-College Street Historic District". Multiple Resources of Greenville. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.