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)^[1]

Built1857

Allen Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Allen Grove in 2008
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Nearest city	Old Spring Hill, Alabama
Coordinates	32°25′44″N 87°46′30″W / 32.42889°N 87.77500°W / 32.42889; -87.77500
Area	50 acres (200,000 m2)[1]
Built	1857
Architect	Rudisill, David
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission[2]
NRHP reference No.	94000689[3]
Added to NRHP	July 7, 1994

Allen Grove is a plantation house and historic district located in Old Spring Hill, Alabama.^[3] 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.^[1][3]