Jefferson Historic District (Jefferson, Alabama)

Infobox nrhp
name = Jefferson Historic District
nrhp_type = hd


caption =
locmapin = Alabama
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 23
lat_seconds = 8
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 53
long_seconds = 53
long_direction = W
location = Jefferson, Alabama
nearest_city =
area = convert|1300|acre|km2
built = 1840s-60s
architect =
architecture =Greek Revival
designated =
added = 13 November 1976cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-03-06|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
established =
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 76000342cite web|title="Alabama: Marengo County "|work="Nationalhistoricalregister.com"| url=http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/al/marengo/state.html|accessdate=2007-01-23]
mpsub =
governing_body = The Jefferson Historic District is a historic district in the small community of Jefferson, Alabama, United States. The community was founded in 1810.Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: "The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama", page 7. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 189164758X] The district consists of thirteen Greek Revival buildings that were selected for inclusion due their significance as examples of the pre-Civil War plantation economy of the Deep South. Some of the buildings included in the district are the Lewis Simmons house (1856), James Aldridge house, Basil Grant house (1855), Dr. James Hildreth house (1848), Frederick Westbrook house (1843), W.L. Kelley house, James Richard Bryan house (1848), Jefferson United Methodist Church (1856), and Jefferson Baptist Church (1860).

ee also

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

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