The Dellet Plantation, also known as Dellet Park, is a

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and

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about 3 miles northwest of the

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of Claiborne, Monroe County,

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. The historic district covers and includes 17

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, two

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s, and one site. The plantation was established by James Dellet, a prominent judge and

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man, during the late 1810s, and transitioned from slave labor to tenant farming after the Civil War. The

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style

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, with a two-tiered

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portico on the front, was built between 1835 and 1840 by Dellet.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places Federal architecture in Alabama National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Alabama Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Plantation houses in Alabama Historic districts in Monroe County, Alabama Houses in Monroe County, Alabama Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama