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Furman Historic District

  • Vicinity: Roughly along Old Snow Hill Rd, Cty. Rd 59, Burson Rd, and AL 21
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1833/00/00 Palmer-Barlow-Britt Home, a "coastal cottage", is built by Stephen and Juliet Palmer, altered circa 1860 by Dabney Palmer, W side Freedom Farm Rd (Co Rd 59), 1.5 mi S of AL-21
1840/00/00 Purifoy-Lipscomb Home is built (probably) by Edmond Hobdy for the Purifoy family, one of the earliest to settle Wilcox County, S side AL-21, E of Barge Mill Rd, 0.4 mi W Freedom Farm Rd (Co Rd 59)
1840/00/00 Wakefield Plantation is built in the 1840s in the Steamboat Gothic style, 12 rooms, 12 fireplaces and unique porches, W side Freedom Farm Rd (Co Rd 59), 0.4 mi S of AL-21
1876/00/00 Elkanah L Burson Home Trails End is built (S end of Old Barge Mill Rd, off AL-21 just W of Purifoy-Lipscomb Home) for Elkanah and Elafore Barge Burson on land inherited from his grandfather Joseph Burson who obtained the land via a grant signed by Andrew Jackson
1885/00/00 Moore-Burson-Rushing Home is built, gabled central passage coastal cottage, home of Dr and Mrs Elkanah G Burson until they purchased Wakefield in 1943, E side Freedom Farm Rd (Co Rd 59), 0.4 mi S of AL-21

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Particulars for Furman Historic District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Funerary Cemetery
Other Description Central passage double pile
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Criteria Exemplar
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Owner Federal
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Historic Use Professional
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Road-related
Historic Use School
Historic Use Single dwelling
Historic Use Specialty Store
Architectural Style Steamboat Gothic



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 13th May 1999

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Furman Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly along Old Snow Hill Rd., Cty. Rd. 59, Burson Rd., and AL 21
Registry Number: 99000249
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, Federal
Architect: Hobdy, Edmond
Architectural Style: Greek revival, Other
Attribute: Central passage double pile
Area in Acres: 1030
Contributing Buildings: 73
Non-Contributing Buildings: 25
Contributing Sites: 2
Contributing Structures: 14
Non-Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Exploration-settlement, Community Planning and Development, Art
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Historic Function: Domestic, Religion, Education, Transportation, Commerce, Trade, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure, School, Single dwelling, Cemetery, Road-related, Specialty store, Professional
Current Function: Domestic, Religion, Transportation, Vacant, not in use, Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Religious structure Cemetery Road-related Hotel Secondary structure

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey Short Story Collection Kathryn Tucker Windham The Crying Spirit at the Well is set at Dr Purefoy's (Purifoy-Lipscomb Home) house on Al-21, well site is still visible on the back left side

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