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Allen Grove (Alabama)

Coordinates: 32°25′44″N 87°46′30″W / 32.42889°N 87.77500°W / 32.42889; -87.77500
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Allen Grove
Allen Grove in 2008
Allen Grove (Alabama) is located in Alabama
Allen Grove (Alabama)
Allen Grove (Alabama) is located in the United States
Allen Grove (Alabama)
Nearest cityOld Spring Hill, Alabama
Coordinates32°25′44″N 87°46′30″W / 32.42889°N 87.77500°W / 32.42889; -87.77500
Area50 acres (200,000 m2)[2]
Built1857
ArchitectRudisill, David
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSPlantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission[3]
NRHP reference No.94000689[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1994

Allen Grove is a plantation house and historic district located in Old Spring Hill, Alabama.[1] The Greek Revival house was built for John Gray Allen in 1857 by David Rudisill. It is a two-story frame structure with a two-story front portico featuring square paneled columns. The roof is hipped with side dormers. In 1890 the rear facade was altered when a kitchen and pantry wing and a two-story back porch was added.[4] The house and two other plantation buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 1994, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Alabama - Marengo County - Historic Districts". NationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces.Com (private website echoing public domain NRIS data).
  3. ^ Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  4. ^ Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 15. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 1-891647-58-X