Dellet Plantation

Dellet Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The James Dellet House on the Dellet Plantation, built 1835-1840.
Nearest city:	Claiborne, Alabama
Coordinates:	31°32′19″N 87°30′27″W / 31.53861°N 87.5075°W / 31.53861; -87.5075Coordinates: 31°32′19″N 87°30′27″W / 31.53861°N 87.5075°W / 31.53861; -87.5075
Area:	4,000 acres (1,600 ha)
Built:	1835-1850
Architectural style:	Federal, Vernacular farm structures
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	93001517[1]
Added to NRHP:	September 2, 1994

The Dellet Plantation, also known as Dellet Park, is a plantation and historic district in the ghost town of Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama. The historic district covers 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) and includes 17 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and one site.^[1] The plantation was established by James Dellet, a prominent judge and United States Congressman, during the late 1810s. The Federal style main house, with a two-tiered Doric portico on the front, was built between 1835 and 1840 by Dellet.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Sarah Kershaw (14 April 2008). "Amid the Ghosts of Alabama". The New York Times. http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/travel/escapes/18alabama.html. Retrieved 15 January 2011. 
3. ^ "The Victorian Society in America: 41st Annual Meeting". The Victorian Society in America. 2007. http://www.victoriansociety.org/VSA%202007%20Annual%20Meeting%20Brochure.pdf. Retrieved 15 January 2011.