- Allen Grove
Infobox_nrhp | name =Allen Grove
nrhp_type = hd
caption =
nearest_city= Old Spring Hill, Alabama
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 25
lat_seconds = 44
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 46
long_seconds = 30
long_direction = W
locmapin = Alabama
area =
built =1857
architect= Rudisill, David
architecture= Greek Revival
added = July 07, 1994
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64500009.pdf Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS] NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008.]
refnum=94000689cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]Allen Grove is a Greek Revival
plantation house located in Old Spring Hill,Alabama . It was built for John Gray Allen in 1857 by David Rudisill. The house is a two-story frame structure with a two-story frontportico 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.Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: "The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama", page 15. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 189164758X] The house was added to theNational Register of Historic Places on July 07, 1994 as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings multiple property submission.ee also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, Alabama References
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