Altwood
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Altwood | |
 Altwood in 2008 | |
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| Nearest city | Faunsdale, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 32°25′26″N 87°40′28″W / 32.42389°N 87.67444°W |
| Built | 1836 |
| MPS | Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings[1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000598 [2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 13, 1993 |
| Designated ARLH | February 19, 1988[3] |
Altwood is a historic plantation house located near Faunsdale, Alabama.[2] It was built in 1836 by Richard H. Adams[4], whose wife was Anna Carter Harrison was the daughter of Carter Bassett Harrison, great-granddaughter of Benjamin Harrison V, great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Harrison VI, and great-great-great-granddaughter of King Carter. It began as a log dogtrot house[5][6][7] and was then expanded until it came to superficially resemble a Tidewater-type cottage.[8] Brought to the early Alabama frontier by settlers from the Tidewater and Piedmont regions of Virginia, this vernacular house-type is usually a story-and-a-half in height, displays strict symmetry, and is characterized by prominent end chimneys flanking a steeply pitched longitudinal gable roof that is often pierced by dormer windows much like Gunston Hall.[9]
It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 19, 1988, and to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1993, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.[2][3]
