Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama) Explained

Battersea
Nrhp Type:hd
Coordinates:32.5103°N -87.7031°W
Built:1845
Architecture:mid-19th Century Revival
Added:July 7, 1994
Refnum:94000698
Nocat:yes

Battersea is a historic plantation house in Prairieville, Alabama. The house was built from 1820 to 1845 by the Vaughan family from Petersburg, Virginia and served as an early stagecoach stop.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on July 7, 1994, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama . Marengo County Heritage Book Committee . 2000 . Heritage Publishing Consultants . Clanton, Alabama . 1-891647-58-X . 14 .
  2. NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2 December 2008.