The Owen Plantation House, or The Owen House, in Jefferson County, Alabama near Bessemer, Alabama, dates from 1838. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
Owen Plantation House | |
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| Nearest city | Bessemer, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 33°20′50″N 86°59′00″W / 33.34722°N 86.98333°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1833, 1838 |
| Built by | Owen,Thomas H. |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000330[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 22, 1976 |
It was built in stages, starting with a one-story two-room frame cabin built in 1833, which later served as a dining and kitchen wing. The main section is a two-story frame building five bays wide, with a gabled roof and box cornice returns, started in 1838. It has end-exterior chimneys at both ends of the main section and at the far end of the kitchen wing. The front has a one-story porch.[2]
In 1976 it was donated to the West Jefferson County Historical Society, to be restored and serve as a house museum.[2]
It is located south of Bessemer on Eastern Valley Rd.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c W. Warner Floyd; Ellen Mertens (April 14, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Owen Plantation House / The Owen House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 19, 2019. With accompanying two photos from 19745
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