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Greenwood Plantation (other)
Greenwood Plantation may refer to: * Greenwood Plantation (Alexandria, Alabama) in Alexandria, Calhoun County, Alabama * Greenwood Plantation (Georgia) in Thomas County, Georgia * Greenwood Plantation (Culpeper, Virginia) in Culpeper, Virginia * Samuel R. Pitts Plantation, also known as the Greenwood Plantation in Pittsview, Russell County, Alabama See also * Butler Greenwood Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana * Greenwood (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood Plantation (Alexandria, Alabama)
Greenwood, also known as the Green–Woodruff House (built 1842–1850), is a historic Antebellum architecture, Antebellum plantation house in Alexandria, Alabama, Alexandria, Alabama, U.S.. It was once part of the Greenwood Plantation, which had been worked by enslaved people. Some six generations of the Green–Woodruff family owned the house. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 9, 1989 for the architecture; and is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage since April 23, 1987. Greenwood also has a historical marker. Architecture Greenwood is an example of a rural Alabama Vernacular architecture, vernacular domestic building, displaying Greek Revival architectural details. With The architect is unknown. The two story building was built starting in 1842, and contains four columns (two Doric column, Doric and two Ionic column, Ionic). The house exhibits the traditional I-house form: two rooms high and one room deep with a tall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood Plantation (Georgia)
Greenwood Plantation is a plantation in the Red Hills Region of southern Georgia, just west of Thomasville. Its Greek Revival main house was built in 1838 and expanded in 1899. With . The plantation includes 5,200 acres of forest used for quail hunting with 1,000 acres of old-growth longleaf pines, some up to 500 years old. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The property then included 1400 acres, nine contributing buildings, and four other contributing structures. History The original Greek Revival mansion on the property was designed by British architect John Wind and built about 1838 for Thomas and Lavinia Jones. The house was completed in 1844, and the Jones family occupied the plantation until it was sold in 1889 to S.R. Van Duzer of New York. Van Duzer later sold the home to Col. Oliver Hazard Payne, who bequeathed the home in 1916 to his nephew, the millionaire and horse racing enthusiast Payne Whitney. In 1899, Payne engaged ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood Plantation (Culpeper, Virginia)
Greenwood is a historic plantation house located at Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia. It consists of a -story, three-bay, center block dating to the late-18th or early-19th century, with one-story wings dated to 1823–1824. The original section has a hall-parlor plan dwelling. In 1825, Greenwood received as visitors the Marquis de Lafayette and former President James Monroe during Lafayette's celebrated tour as "guest of the nation." During the American Civil War Federal troops occupied the house and plantation and placed a cannon on the lawn. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. References External linksGreenfield, State Route 621 vicinity, Jeffersonton, Culpeper County, VA 1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (herald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel R
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is Veneration, venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Bible, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinic literature, rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although the text does not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in Books of Samuel, 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah (biblical figure), Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim-Zophim, Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealogy is also found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler Greenwood Plantation
The Butler Greenwood Plantation is a plantation in Louisiana. It is on U.S. Route 61, to the north of St. Francisville, Louisiana. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History The plantation was created by Dr. Samuel Flower, a Quaker physician who relocated from Pennsylvania during the 1770s when the area was British territory. Later, when Spain gained control (see St. Francisville, Louisiana, history), he gave medical treatment to Governor Manuel Gayoso. When Dr. Flower died in 1813, the year after Louisiana became a state, his eight heirs would divide thousands of arpents of land in the Felicianas, Rapides Parish, along Bayou Manchac, and in the Mississippi Territory. The family residence bordering Bayou Sara, appraised in the estate division at $12,300, was left to Dr. Flower's 20-year-old married daughter Harriett. Harriett Flower's husband, Judge George Mathews, was a superior court judge in the Mississippi Territory and then in the Territor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
