| Altwood | |
| Coordinates: | 32.4239°N -87.6744°W |
| Built: | 1836 |
| Added: | July 13, 1993 |
| Mpsub: | Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings[1] |
| Refnum: | 93000598 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | ARLH |
| Designated Other1 Color: |
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| Designated Other1 Link: | Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage |
| Designated Other1 Date: | February 19, 1988[2] |
Altwood is a historic plantation house located near Faunsdale, Alabama. It was built in 1836 by Richard H. Adams[3] and began as a log dogtrot house. It was then expanded until it came to superficially resemble a Tidewater-type cottage.[4] Brought to the early Alabama frontier by settlers from the Tidewater and Piedmont regions of Virginia, this vernacular house-type is usually a story-and-a-half in height, displays strict symmetry, and is characterized by prominent end chimneys flanking a steeply pitched longitudinal gable roof that is often pierced by dormer windows.[5]
It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 19, 1988, and to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1993, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.[2]