Orange Vale, also known as the Lawler-Whiting House, is a Greek Revival plantation house completed in 1854 near Talladega, Alabama. The house was the centerpiece of a 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) cotton plantation, a forced-labor farm worked by black people enslaved by the land's white owners.
Lawler-Whiting House | |
.jpg) 1939 HABS image | |
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| Location | AL 21 S of Talladega, Talladega, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 33°21′27″N 86°9′56″W / 33.35750°N 86.16556°W |
| Area | 107 acres (43 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architect | Kirkland, H.H. |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001157[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 22, 1986 |
| Designated ARLH | October 8, 1981[2] |
The house is principally associated with Levi Lawler, an Alabama state legislator, who principally used it during the summer. The house is a formal two-story frame structure with a hexastyle square-columned portico across the front, supporting a heavy paneled entablature. There is no pediment. The hipped roof is flanked by interior chimneys. Small flat-roofed one-story pavilions flank the house on either side and extend beyond the rear of the house. The rear has two-level porches across the width. The interior has a center-hall plan with the hall extending to the back porch. 108 acres (44 ha) remain of the original property, with seven other buildings.[3]
Orange Vale was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1986.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "ALABAMA REGISTER OF LANDMARKS & HERITAGE" (PDF). ahc.alabama.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ Qualls, Shirley (January 15, 1986). "Lawler-Whiting House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
External links edit
Media related to Orange Vale at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-443, "Lawler House, County Road 11, Talladega, Talladega County, AL", 16 photos, 2 data pages
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