Lowndesboro Historic District

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Lowndesboro
File:The Will Stone Store 1820 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG
The Will Stone Store, (Est. 1820), one of the contributing properties in the district
Lowndesboro Historic District is located in Alabama
Lowndesboro Historic District
Location N of U.S. 80, Lowndesboro, Alabama
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Area 1,800 acres (730 ha)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian
NRHP Reference # 73000356[1]
Added to NRHP December 12, 1973

The Lowndesboro Historic District is a historic district in Lowndesboro, Alabama, United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1973.[1] The district covers 1,800 acres (730 ha), spread over the entire town, and contains 20 contributing properties, including Meadowlawn Plantation. Architectural styles include the Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, and other Victorian styles.[2]

Contributing Properties

  • Meadowlawn was built in 1853. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Lowndesboro Historic District on December 12, 1973.

  • Dicksonia 02.jpg

    The Dicksonia Plantation was a Greek Revival mansion built in 1830. It was completely destroyed by a fire in 1964.

  • Marengo 1847 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    The Marengo House was originally built in Autauga County in 1847 then disassembled, moved across the Alabama River, and reassembled in Lowndesboro in 1854. On March 1, 2011, Lowndesboro Town Hall moved to the ground floor of Marengo.

  • Lowndesboro CME Church 1833 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    The C.M.E. Church in Lowndesboro was built in 1833. The church is now a public facility and no longer holds services. It houses the cupola from Alabama's original state capitol at Old Cahawba.

  • Lowndesboro Presbyterian Church was built in 1856.

  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church 1857 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lowndesboro was built in 1857.

  • Lowndesboro First Missionary Baptist Church 1880 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    Lowndesboro First Missionary Baptist Church was built in 1880.

  • Lowndesboro Baptist Church 1888 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    Lowndesboro Baptist Church was built in 1888.

  • Lowndesboro United Methodist Church 1888 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    Lowndesboro United Methodist Church was built in 1888.

  • The Pillars 1856 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    The Pillars is a Greek Revival Antebellum plantation home that was built in 1857 by Archibald Tyson, a cotton planter from North Carolina.

  • Pecan Place Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    Pecan Place is an antebellum home that dates back to 1825.

  • Holly House 1836 Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    The central portion of the Holly House was built in 1836.

  • Little Cottage 1830s Lowndesboro Alabama Historic District.JPG

    The Little Cottage dates back to the 1830s

  • Rosewood House 01.jpg

    1934 photo of Rosewood, built in 1855 and now restored.

  • 1935 photo of the Dixon H. Lewis House, built 1835.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  2. ↑ Floyd, W. Warner. "Lowndesboro". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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