The Tristram Bethea House, also known as Pleasant Ridge, is a historic

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in Canton Bend,

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. The two-story brick house was built in 1842 in the Federal style. It was added to the

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on July 11, 1985.

History

The Tristram Bethea House was built in 1842 by Tristram Benjamin Bethea, an attorney from

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. It was acquired by George O. Miller on October 7, 1850, when Bethea moved to Mobile. Miller paid $2800 for the house and . It was later purchased by Joseph Eugene Strother and remained in that family until 1987, when it was purchased by Cliff Redenour and Ron Smith. Redenour and Smith did a major restoration of the house and sold it to the Blanton family in 1995. It was sold again to the Stewart family in 1999.

Architecture

A simple two-story central

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with simple box columns adorns the front elevation and shelters the doors on both levels. The front doorways on the first and second stories both feature sidelights and full

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s. It is the only brick

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house in Wilcox County.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bethea, Tristram, House National Register of Historic Places in Wilcox County, Alabama Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Federal architecture in Alabama Greek Revival houses in Alabama Houses completed in 1842 Plantation houses in Alabama Houses in Wilcox County, Alabama Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama