Colgin Hill | |
Location: | Off AL 39, Gainesville, Alabama |
Coordinates: | 32.8111°N -88.1556°W |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | October 3, 1985 |
Refnum: | 85002924 |
Colgin Hill is a historic house in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The one-story structure began as a log dogtrot house for William Colgin in 1832. The breezeway was enclosed, creating a center hall, and Greek Revival details added within a couple of decades of the initial construction. It serves as an example of the transition in Alabama from the frontier to a more refined society. Historians consider it to be the oldest extant building in Gainesville.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1985.