Cedar Grove Plantation
{{short description|Historic house in Alabama, United States}}
{{about|the house in Alabama|the house in North Carolina|Cedar Grove Plantation (North Carolina)}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Cedar Grove Plantation
| nrhp_type = hd
| image = Cedar Grove Planatation 02.jpg
| caption = Cedar Grove in 2008
| location = near Faunsdale, Alabama, United States
| coordinates = {{coord|32|26|52.28|N|87|34|32.80|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Alabama#USA
| area =
| built = 1848Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 16. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. {{ISBN|1-891647-58-X}}{{cite web|title=Marengo County|work="Alabama's Front Porches"|url=http://www.alabamasfrontporches.com/counties/marengo.htm|accessdate=2008-01-19}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| architect =
| architecture = Greek Revival
| designated =
| refnum = 93000599{{NRISref|version=2010a}}{{cite web|title=Alabama: Marengo County|work=Nationalhistoricalregister.com|url=http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/al/marengo/state.html|accessdate=2007-01-14|archive-date=2006-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513144640/http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/AL/marengo/state.html|url-status=dead}}
| mpsub = Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission{{NRHP url|id=64500009|title=Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS}} NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
| nocat = yes
}}
Cedar Grove Plantation, also known as the Charles Walker House, is a Greek Revival plantation house located near Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. It is notable in having been the residence of Nicola Marschall for a brief period while the Walker family owned the property. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 13 July 1993 as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.
History
The house had its beginnings in 1830 with the construction of a two-story log house by Dougal and Malcolm McAlpin, two brothers from Scotland. In 1848, Charles and Margaret Walker purchased the property and hired a builder from Virginia, Theophilus Fowler, to begin construction of the main house. The house served as the center of the large plantation, Charles Walker owned 154 slaves in 1860.{{cite web|title=Cedar Grove Plantation|work="Sankofa's Slavery Data Collection"|url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~afamerpl/plantations_usa/AL/cedargrove.html|accessdate=2008-01-19}} The former log house is believed to have been incorporated into the main house to become the dining room and a bedroom. The house remained under construction until 1858.
Nicola Marschall was a friend of the Walker family and lived with them briefly at their home. The two-story schoolhouse behind the main house is believed to have been used by him as a studio during his time there. This schoolhouse served as a school for children in the area until 1925. The house remained in the Walker family until 1982.
Description
The house is a two-story frame structure with a gabled roof and double veranda. It is built in a vernacular Greek Revival style. The original porch was altered in 1915 from a one-story design with simple turned wooden columns, spanned by arched latticework, to the multi-level configuration with paneled box columns seen today.
Gallery
Image:Cedar Grove Marengo Alabama.jpg|Front and side elevation in 1936
Image:Cedar Grove Marengo Alabama 3.jpg|South elevation, side view of house in 1936
Image:Cedar Grove Marengo Alabama 5.jpg|Living room mantel in 1936
Image:Cedar Grove Marengo Alabama 7.jpg|First floor parlor in 1936
References
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Alabama}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Marengo County, Alabama
Category:Historic districts in Marengo County, Alabama
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
Category:Greek Revival houses in Alabama
Category:Plantation houses in Alabama
Category:Houses in Marengo County, Alabama
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama