Samuel R. Pitts Plantation

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Pitts, Samuel R., Plantation

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The Samuel R. Pitts Plantation in 2011
Nearest city Pittsview, Alabama
Area 223 acres (90 ha)
Built 1846 (1846)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 92000819 [1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1992

The Samuel R. Pitts Plantation, also known as the Greenwood Plantation or the William J. Benton House, is a historic house on a plantation in Pittsview, Alabama, U.S..

Pittsview, Alabama Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Pittsview, at one time known as Pittsboro, is an unincorporated community in Russell County, Alabama, United States.

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History

The house was erected in 1846 for Dr. John Benson Henry. [2] It was later purchased by Samuel Eberharts.

The house was purchased by Samuel Rutherford Pitts in 1874. [2] After he died, his brother Henry Bragg Pitts moved into the house with his family, and it was later inherited by his daughter Evelyn, who lived there with her husband Richard Malcolm Mitchell. [2] After her husband died in the 1930s, Evelyn lived in the house with her three unmarried sisters; they were joined by their brother in 1961. [2]

The house was purchased by William R. Benson Sr. in 1989. [2]

Architectural significance

The house was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 25, 1992. [3]

Greek Revival architecture architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1842.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Russell County, Alabama Wikimedia list article

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Samuel R. Pitts Plantation". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. "Pitts, Samuel R., Plantation". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.