| Cherokee Plantation | |
| Location: | 100 Cherokee Dr. N. E., Fort Payne, Alabama |
| Coordinates: | 34.4869°N -85.6717°W |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Added: | November 29, 1984 |
| Refnum: | 84000384 |
| Designated Other1: | ARLH |
| Designated Other1 Date: | July 16, 1976 |
Cherokee Plantation is a historic house in Fort Payne, Alabama. The house was built in 1790 as a two-story log cabin by Andrew Ross, a judge on the Cherokee Supreme Court and brother of Principal Chief John Ross.[1] In 1834 a second log cabin was built connected to the rear of the original cabin, and a third was built to the northeast, separated by a breezeway.[2] Ross, being one-eighth Cherokee, was forced to leave his home in 1838 under the provisions of the Treaty of New Echota, of which Ross was a signatory; a portion of the Cherokee Trail of Tears passes in front of the house.[3]
The house passed to William W. McFarlane, who enclosed and expanded it further in 1845, giving the house its present Greek Revival appearance.[4] The Kershaw family made further modifications and renovations in the 1930s and 1960s.[2] Current owners, the Brewer family, have continued the renovations.[3] The house was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1976 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.