Dellet Plantation Explained

Dellet Plantation
Nrhp Type:hd
Nearest City:Claiborne, Alabama
Coordinates:31.5719°N -87.5442°W
Built:1835-1850
Architecture:Federal, Vernacular farm structures
Added:September 2, 1994
Refnum:93001517
Nocat:yes

The Dellet Plantation, also known as Dellet Park, is a plantation and historic district about 3 miles northwest of the ghost town of Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama. The historic district covers and includes 17 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and one site. The plantation was established by James Dellet, a prominent judge and United States Congressman, during the late 1810s, and transitioned from slave labor to tenant farming after the Civil War. The Federal style plantation house, with a two-tiered Doric portico on the front, was built between 1835 and 1840 by Dellet.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Amid the Ghosts of Alabama . Sarah Kershaw . The New York Times . 14 April 2008 . 15 January 2011.
  2. Web site: The Victorian Society in America: 41st Annual Meeting . The Victorian Society in America . 2007 . 15 January 2011 . July 5, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705021901/http://www.victoriansociety.org/VSA%202007%20Annual%20Meeting%20Brochure.pdf . dead .