Cedar Grove Plantation

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name = Cedar Grove Plantation
nrhp_type = hd

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caption = HABS photo taken in 1936.
location= near Faunsdale, Alabama, United States
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 26
lat_seconds = 52.28
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 34
long_seconds = 32.80
long_direction = W
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area =
built =1848Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: "The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama", page 16. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 189164758X] cite web|title="Marengo County"|work="Alabama's Front Porches"|url=http://www.alabamasfrontporches.com/counties/marengo.htm|accessdate=2008-01-19]
architect=
architecture= Greek Revival
designated=
added =13 July 1993cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-03-06|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=93000599cite web|title="Alabama: Marengo County "|work="Nationalhistoricalregister.com"|url=http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/al/marengo/state.html|accessdate=2007-01-14]
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.]

Cedar Grove Plantation, also known as the Charles Walker House, is a Greek Revival plantation house located near Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. It is notable in having been the residence of Nicola Marschall for a brief period while the Walker family owned the property. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 13 July 1993 as a part of a multiple property submission, "Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings".cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-03-05|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

History

The house had its beginnings in 1830 with the construction of a two-story log house by Dougal and Malcolm McAlpin, two brothers from Scotland. In 1848 Charles and Margaret Walker purchased the property and hired a builder from Virginia, Theophilus Fowler, to begin construction of the main house. The house served as the center of the large plantation, Charles Walker owned 154 slaves in 1860. cite web|title="Cedar Grove Plantation"|work="Sankofa's Slavery Data Collection"|url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~afamerpl/plantations_usa/AL/cedargrove.html|accessdate=2008-01-19] The former log house is believed to have been incorporated into the main house to become the dining room and a bedroom. The house remained under construction until 1858.

Nicola Marschall was a friend of the Walker family and lived with them briefly at their home. The two-story schoolhouse behind the main house is believed to have been used by him as a studio during his time there. This schoolhouse served as a school for children in the area until 1925. The house remained in the Walker family until 1982.

Description

The house is a two-story frame structure with a gabled roof and double veranda. It is built in a vernacular Greek Revival style. The original porch was altered in 1915 from a one-story design with simple turned wooden columns, spanned by arched latticework, to the multi-level configuration with paneled box columns seen today.

Gallery

ee also

*National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, Alabama

References