Cotton Hill is a historic mansion on a former forced-labor farm in Limestone County, Alabama, U.S. The house was built in the 1830s by William Parham as the main residence and headquarters of Luke Matthews' 1,000-acre plantation. It was designed in the Federal architectural style.[3] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1][2]
Cotton Hill | |
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| Nearest city | Athens, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 34°44′02″N 86°53′55″W / 34.73389°N 86.89861°W |
| Built | c.1830 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 14001003[1][2] |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 2014 |
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "Weekly list, December 19, 2014". National Park Service.
- ^ Allen, Linda Bayer; Boyd, Lakin; Jones, Lynn; Philpo't, Annette; Ryan, Patricia H.; Stubno, William J Jr. (Spring–Summer 2005). "Cotton Hill" (PDF). Historic Huntsville Quarterly of Local Architecture and Preservation. 31 (1–2). Historic Huntsville Foundation: 1–56. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
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