National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Alabama
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Adams Grove Presbyterian Church

Adams Grove Presbyterian Church

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June 5, 1986
(#86001239)

Southern side of Cahaba-Greenville Rd.
32°16′20″N 87°01′51″W﻿ / ﻿32.272222°N 87.030833°W﻿ / 32.272222; -87.030833﻿ (Adams Grove Presbyterian Church)
Sardis

Wooden-framed Presbyterian church, built in the Greek Revival style in 1853.

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Antique Store

Antique Store

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January 29, 1987
(#86003662)

Off State Route 22
32°39′32″N 86°55′24″W﻿ / ﻿32.659023°N 86.923292°W﻿ / 32.659023; -86.923292﻿ (Antique Store)
Plantersville

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Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

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February 4, 1982
(#82002009)

410 Martin Luther King, Jr. St.
32°24′45″N 87°00′58″W﻿ / ﻿32.4125°N 87.016111°W﻿ / 32.4125; -87.016111﻿ (Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church)
Selma

Brick African Methodist Episcopal church, built in 1908. Known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement and Selma to Montgomery marches.

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Cahaba

Cahaba

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May 8, 1973
(#73000341)

11 miles (18 km) southwest of Selma at the junction of the Cahaba and Alabama Rivers
32°19′07″N 87°05′57″W﻿ / ﻿32.318546°N 87.099266°W﻿ / 32.318546; -87.099266﻿ (Cahaba)
Cahaba

First permanent state capital of Alabama (1820–1825); today a ghost town.

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Carlowville Historic District

Carlowville Historic District

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January 18, 1978
(#78000487)

17 miles (27 km) south of Selma on State Route 89
32°05′15″N 87°02′01″W﻿ / ﻿32.087392°N 87.033691°W﻿ / 32.087392; -87.033691﻿ (Carlowville Historic District)
Carlowville

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Christian Church and Parsonage

Christian Church and Parsonage

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January 29, 1987
(#86003664)

Off State Route 22
32°39′24″N 86°55′29″W﻿ / ﻿32.656667°N 86.924722°W﻿ / 32.656667; -86.924722﻿ (Christian Church and Parsonage)
Plantersville

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Dallas County Courthouse

Dallas County Courthouse

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June 20, 1975
(#75000310)

109 Union St.
32°24′18″N 87°01′33″W﻿ / ﻿32.405°N 87.025833°W﻿ / 32.405; -87.025833﻿ (Dallas County Courthouse)
Selma

Three-story brick building in the Greek Revival style, built as the Central Masonic Institute in 1847. It later served as the county courthouse and as a hospital.

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Doctor's Office

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January 29, 1987
(#86003663)

Junction of 1st Ave. north of Oak St. and 1st Ave.
32°41′03″N 86°55′24″W﻿ / ﻿32.684167°N 86.923333°W﻿ / 32.684167; -86.923333﻿ (Doctor's Office)
Plantersville

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Driskell-Martin House

Driskell-Martin House

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January 29, 1987
(#86003661)

Northwestern corner of the junction of Cherry St. and 1st Ave.
32°39′36″N 86°55′26″W﻿ / ﻿32.66°N 86.923889°W﻿ / 32.66; -86.923889﻿ (Driskell-Martin House)
Plantersville

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First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

September 20, 1979
(#79000383)

709 Martin Luther King, Jr. St.
32°24′51″N 87°01′04″W﻿ / ﻿32.414167°N 87.017778°W﻿ / 32.414167; -87.017778﻿ (First Baptist Church)
Selma

Historically African American Baptist church, built in the Gothic Revival style in 1894. Known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement.

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J. Bruce Hain House

J. Bruce Hain House

November 30, 2001
(#01001295)

5826 State Route 41
32°17′17″N 86°59′14″W﻿ / ﻿32.288056°N 86.987222°W﻿ / 32.288056; -86.987222﻿ (J. Bruce Hain House)
Sardis

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Icehouse Historic District

Icehouse Historic District

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June 28, 1990
(#90000886)

Roughly bounded by Jefferson Davis and Dallas Aves., Union and Lapsley Sts., and Valley Creek
32°24′39″N 87°01′54″W﻿ / ﻿32.410889°N 87.031653°W﻿ / 32.410889; -87.031653﻿ (Icehouse Historic District)
Selma

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Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson House

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January 18, 2014
(#13001033)

1416 Lapsley Ave.
32°25′09″N 87°01′52″W﻿ / ﻿32.419070°N 87.031244°W﻿ / 32.419070; -87.031244﻿ (Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson House)
Selma

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Marshall's Grove

Marshall's Grove

February 4, 1982
(#82002010)

State Route 22
32°27′58″N 87°00′23″W﻿ / ﻿32.466111°N 87.006389°W﻿ / 32.466111; -87.006389﻿ (Marshall's Grove)
Selma

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John Tyler Morgan House

John Tyler Morgan House

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September 27, 1972
(#72000159)

719 Tremont St.
32°24′49″N 87°01′39″W﻿ / ﻿32.413611°N 87.0275°W﻿ / 32.413611; -87.0275﻿ (John Tyler Morgan House)
Selma

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Old Town Historic District

Old Town Historic District

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May 3, 1978
(#78000486)

Roughly bounded by the Alabama River, Jefferson Davis Ave., Pettus, Broad, and Franklin Sts.; also Jefferson Davis Ave.; an area roughly bounded by Broad, Dallas, U.S. Route 80, and Franklin; Selma Ave.; and Franklin St.
32°24′37″N 87°01′31″W﻿ / ﻿32.410201°N 87.025323°W﻿ / 32.410201; -87.025323﻿ (Old Town Historic District)
Selma

Boundaries after the "also" represent a boundary increase of December 15, 2003

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Edmund Pettus Bridge

Edmund Pettus Bridge

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February 27, 2013
(#13000281)

U.S. Route 80 across the Alabama River
32°24′20″N 87°01′07″W﻿ / ﻿32.4056°N 87.0186°W﻿ / 32.4056; -87.0186﻿ (Edmund Pettus Bridge)
Selma

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Wesley Plattenburg House

Wesley Plattenburg House

February 3, 1993
(#92001827)

601 Washington St.
32°24′50″N 87°01′20″W﻿ / ﻿32.413889°N 87.022222°W﻿ / 32.413889; -87.022222﻿ (Wesley Plattenburg House)
Selma

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Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church

Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church

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April 22, 1999
(#99000465)

0.2 miles (0.32 km) east of the junction of County Roads 7 and 12
32°09′53″N 86°54′30″W﻿ / ﻿32.164722°N 86.908333°W﻿ / 32.164722; -86.908333﻿ (Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church)
Pleasant Hill

Wooden-framed Presbyterian church, built in the Greek Revival style in 1851.

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Riverdale

Riverdale

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September 10, 1979
(#79000384)

Northeast of Selma on River Rd.
32°26′02″N 86°52′11″W﻿ / ﻿32.433889°N 86.869722°W﻿ / 32.433889; -86.869722﻿ (Riverdale)
Selma

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Adams Grove Presbyterian Church is a historic Greek Revival-style church building in rural Dallas County , Alabama , near the community of Sardis . Built in 1853 , it features a distyle-in-antis type portico with box columns . No longer actively used by a church congregation , the building is now privately owned . It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 5 , 1986 .
Sardis , also known as Berlin , is an unincorporated community in Dallas County , Alabama .
The Antique Store is a historic commercial building in Plantersville , Dallas County , Alabama . It is the oldest surviving commercial building in the community . The one-story , wood-frame structure was built in 1870 . The main facade is three bays wide , with a pedimented one-story porch spanning the entire width . A side ell , added after the initial construction , projects from the south side of the main block . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29 , 1987 as a part of the Plantersville Multiple Resource Area .
State Route 22 ( SR 22 ) is a 168.5-mile ( 271.2 km ) state highway that extends from Safford in Dallas County to the Georgia state line near Roanoke in Randolph County . The route travels across most of the state from west to east .
Plantersville is an unincorporated community in Dallas County , Alabama , United States . It lies near the county 's border with Autauga and Chilton counties . Plantersville was named for the local cotton planters and plantations . The town is home to Dallas County High School and J. E. Terry Elementary School .
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Selma , Alabama , United States . This church was a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and , as the meeting place and offices of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC ) during the Selma Movement , played a major role in the events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . The nation 's reaction to Selma 's Bloody Sunday march is widely credited with making the passage of the Voting Rights Act politically viable in the United States Congress . It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on June 16 , 1976 and later declared a National Historic Landmark on February 4 , 1982 .
Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County , in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west . Located on the banks of the Alabama River , the city has a population of 20,756 as of the 2010 census . About 80% of the population is African-American . Selma was a trading center and market town during the antebellum years of King Cotton in the South . It was also an important armaments-manufacturing and iron shipbuilding center for the Confederacy during the Civil War , surrounded by miles of earthen fortifications . The Confederate forces were defeated during the Battle of Selma . The city is best known for the 1960s Selma voting-rights movement and the Selma-to-Montgomery marches , beginning with Bloody Sunday in March 1965 and ending with 25,000 people entering Montgomery at the end of the last march to press for voting rights . This activism generated national attention for social justice and that summer , the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed by Congress to authorize federal oversight and enforcement of constitutional rights of all citizens .
Cahaba , also spelled Cahawba , was the first permanent state capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1825 , and the county seat of Dallas County , Alabama until 1866 . Located at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers , it suffered regular seasonal flooding . This was one reason that the state legislature moved the capital to a better location in 1826 . After the town suffered another major flood in 1865 , the state legislature moved the county seat northeast to Selma , which was better situated . The former settlement became defunct . It is now a ghost town and is preserved as a state historic site , the Old Cahawba Archeological Park . The state and associated citizens ' groups are working to develop it as a full interpretive park St. Luke 's Episcopal Church was returned to Old Cahawba , and a fundraising campaign is underway for its restoration .
The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama and is among the most scenic and biologically diverse rivers in the United States . It is a major tributary of the Alabama River and part of the larger Mobile River basin . With headwaters near Birmingham , the Cahaba flows southwest , then at Heiberger turns southeast and joins the Alabama River at the ghost town and former Alabama capital of Cahaba in Dallas County . Entirely within central Alabama , the Cahaba River is 194 miles ( 312 km ) long and drains an area of 1,870 square miles ( 4,800 km2 ) .
The Alabama River , in the U.S. state of Alabama , is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers , which unite about 6 miles ( 10 km ) north of Montgomery , near the suburb of Wetumpka . The river flows west to Selma , then southwest until , about 45 miles ( 72 km ) from Mobile , it unites with the Tombigbee , forming the Mobile and Tensaw rivers , which discharge into Mobile Bay .
The Carlowville Historic District is a historic district in the community of Carlowville , Alabama . The historic district covers 780 acres ( 320 ha ) and is centered on Alabama State Route 89 and Dallas County roads 4 , 47 and 417 . It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 18 , 1978 .
State Route 89 ( SR 89 ) is a 11.815-mile-long ( 19.014 km ) state highway in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama . The southern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with SR 21 near Snow Hill , an unincorporated community in Wilcox County approximately 14 miles ( 23 km ) east of Camden . The northern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with SR 41 approximately 22 miles ( 35 km ) south of Selma in southern Dallas County .
Carlowville is an unincorporated community in Dallas County , Alabama . A portion of Carlowville was designated as the Carlowville Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places on January 18 , 1978 , the Carlowville Historic District .
Christian Church and Parsonage is a historic church and parsonage in Plantersville , Alabama . Both the church and the parsonage were built in 1898 . The pair were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 .
The Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building , also known by a variety of other names throughout its history , is a historic Greek Revival building in Selma , Alabama . Completed in 1847 , it has served many functions in the more than 160 years of its existence . The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 20 , 1975 , due to its architectural and historical significance . It currently houses the Vaughan-Smitherman Museum , a museum depicting Selma 's history .
The Doctor 's Office was a historic professional office building in Plantersville , Dallas County , Alabama . The one-story , wood-frame structure was built in a vernacular interpretation of Greek Revival architecture c. 1850 . The narrow main facade was three bays wide , with a pedimented one-story porch spanning the entire width . An entrance was situated in the middle bay , with a window to either side . The interior contained a single room . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29 , 1987 as a part of the Plantersville Multiple Resource Area .
The Driskell-Martin House is a historic house in Plantersville , Dallas County , Alabama . It is the oldest surviving high style residence in the community . The two-story wood-frame house was built for Thomas Sanford Driskell , a planter and a merchant from Virginia , in 1850 . The builders were Nelson Mitchell and Massena Godwin . The house was used as a Union headquarters during the American Civil War . Their forces occupied it during Wilson 's Raid through Alabama in April 1865 . The house remained in the Driskell family until purchased by Dr. Thomas Munroe Martin in 1915 . The Greek Revival-style structure is five bays wide , with a two-story pedimented portico spanning the three center bays . It was added to National Register of Historic Places on January 29 , 1987 as a part of the Plantersville Multiple Resource Area .
First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King , Jr. Street in Selma , Alabama . A historically African American Baptist church , it was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1894 and known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 . From the National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form : .
The Hain-Harrelson House is a historic house in Sardis , Alabama . The Classical Revival style structure was completed in 1913 for J. Bruce Hain on his working plantation . The house contains roughly 8,000 square feet ( 740 m2 ) spread over two floors . The interior is divided on a central hall plan . The front exterior is adorned with a monumental two-story Corinthian portico with a full-width second floor balcony . The house sat vacant for more than two decades until it was purchased by Cecil Gayle and Kenneth Parker of Atlanta in 1998 . They stabilized and restored the home to its original condition . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 30 , 2001 . The home was purchased in December 2015 by Ray and Angie Harrelson of Selma , AL .
State Route 41 ( SR 41 ) is a 127.484-mile-long ( 205.166 km ) state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama . The southern terminus of the highway is at the Florida state line near Dixonville in Escambia County , where the roadway continues as Florida State Road 87 ( SR 87 ) . The northern terminus of the highway is at its intersection with SR 14 at Selma .
The Icehouse Historic District is a 116-acre ( 47 ha ) historic district in Selma , Dallas County , Alabama . It is bounded by J.L . Chestnut , Jr. Boulevard ( formerly Jeff Davis Avenue ) on the north , the banks of Valley Creek on the west , Dallas Avenue on the south , and Union and Lapsley streets on the east . The district includes examples of the Tudor Revival , American Craftsman , Colonial Revival , and other early 20th century residential styles . It contains 213 contributing buildings and 141 noncontributing structures . The district is a neighborhood of small wood-frame and brick residences housing a mixture of low and middle-income families along tree-lined streets . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 28 , 1990 .
The Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson House , at 1416 Lapsley Ave. in Selma , Alabama , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014 . It is a one-story wood frame bungalow which was built in 1906 and was remodeled around 1960 . It has wide-board siding and a metal pyramid roof , and is built upon a brick and concrete foundation .
Marshall 's Grove is a historic plantation house near Selma , Dallas County , Alabama . The two-story wood-frame house was built in the Federal-style in 1840 . It is five bays wide , with a two-tiered , pedimented portico spanning the central bay . It was built for Dr. Hugh Marshall , a native of Charleston , South Carolina who migrated to Alabama during the 1830s . Located on the northern route into Selma , it was commandeered by Union General James H. Wilson during the Battle of Selma . Marshall 's wife and daughters were allowed to remain in house during the occupation . The house was restored by Marshall 's great-granddaughter , Seleta Llewellyn , during the mid-to-late 20th century . It was added to National Register of Historic Places on February 4 , 1982 .
The John Tyler Morgan House is a historic Greek Revival-style house in Selma , Alabama , United States . It was built by Thomas R. Wetmore in 1859 and sold to John Tyler Morgan in 1865 . Morgan was an attorney and former Confederate general . Beginning in 1876 , he was elected as a Democratic U.S. senator from Alabama for six terms . He used this house as his primary residence for many of those years . The building housed John T. Morgan Academy from its incorporation in June 1965 until a new campus was completed in 1967 . The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 27 , 1972 , due to its historical significance . It currently houses the Alabama Historical Commission 's Old Cahawba Administrative Offices .
The Old Town Historic District is a 323-acre ( 131 ha ) historic district in Selma , Dallas County , Alabama . It is bounded by U.S. Route 80 , Broad and Franklin streets , and Dallas and Selma avenues . The boundaries were increased on December 15 , 2003 . The district includes examples of the Federal , Greek Revival , Italianate , Gothic Revival , Victorian , Shotgun , Queen Anne , Romanesque Revival , Renaissance Revival , and Classical Revival . It contains 629 properties , with 513 contributing and 116 noncontributing to the district . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 3 , 1978 .
U.S. Route 80 or U.S. Highway 80 ( US 80 ) is a major east-west United States Numbered Highway in the Southern United States , much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway . As the 0 in the route number indicates , it was originally a cross-country route , from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean . Its original western terminus was at Historic US 101 in San Diego , California . However , the entire segment west of Dallas , Texas , has been decommissioned in favor of various Interstate Highways and state highways . Currently , the highway 's western terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 30 ( I-30 ) on the Dallas-Mesquite , Texas city line . The highway 's eastern terminus is in Tybee Island , Georgia near the interchange of I-516 and US 17 in Savannah , at the intersection of State Route 26 , Butler Avenue , Inlet Avenue , and Tybrisa Street , near the Atlantic Ocean . Between Jonesville , Texas and Kewanee , Mississippi , US 80 runs parallel to or concurrently with Interstate 20 . US 80 also currently runs through Dallas , Texas ; Shreveport , Louisiana ; Jackson , Mississippi ; Montgomery , Alabama ; Columbus , Georgia ; Macon , Georgia ; and Savannah , Georgia .
The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business ( US 80 Bus . ) across the Alabama River in Selma , Alabama . Built in 1940 , it is named after Edmund Winston Pettus , a former Confederate brigadier general and U.S. senator . The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central span of 250 feet ( 76 m ) . Nine large concrete arches support the bridge and roadway on the east side . The Edmund Pettus Bridge was the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday on March 7 , 1965 , when armed police attacked and brutally beat Civil Rights Movement demonstrators with horses , billy clubs , and tear gas as they were attempting to march to the state capital , Montgomery . The marchers crossed the bridge again on March 21 and successfully walked to the Capitol building . The bridge was declared a National Historic Landmark on February 27 , 2013 .
U.S. Route 80 ( US 80 ) also known as the Dixie Overland Highway , is a major U.S. Highway in the American state of Alabama . The Alabama Department of Transportation internally designated the majority of US 80 throughout the state as State Route 8 ( SR 8 ) , save for parts of the route throughout Selma and near the Mississippi border . Serving as the main east to west highway through Alabama 's Black Belt region , US 80 is well known for its role in the events surrounding the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 , being the route taken by the demonstrators between the two cities as well as being the site of Bloody Sunday . The highway was also once a major transcontinental highway once reaching from Savannah , Georgia to San Diego , California but has since been truncated to Dallas , Texas due to largely being replaced by the Interstate Highway System .
The 'Wesley Plattenburg House is a historic house in Selma , Alabama . Featuring a unique combination of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles , it was completed in 1842 for Wesley Plattenburg . Plattenburg was born on April 13 , 1803 in Anne Arundel County , Maryland . He had relocated to Selma and had assumed the occupation of tailor by 1829 . He became a successful merchant and served on the city council of Selma for many years . The house was once at the center of a 2,200-acre ( 890 ha ) plantation that Plattenburg inherited from a close friend , Mr. Wood , upon his death . Plattenburg took up the vocation of planter after receiving the property . The house is one of the few structures remaining in the city that is identifiable on a map of the Battle of Selma . The city eventually grew to completely encompass the site . The house was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on March 22 , 1991 and to the National Register of Historic Places on February 3 , 1993 . It was listed on Alabama 's Places in Peril in 2005 .
The Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church , originally known as Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church , is a historic Greek Revival church in Pleasant Hill , Alabama . The current structure was built between 1851 and 1852 . It features a distyle-in-antis type portico with simple box columns , a bell tower topped by a small domed cupola , and a second-floor balcony around three sides of the interior . It was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on the November 2 , 1990 and on the National Register of Historic Places on April 22 , 1999 .
Pleasant Hill is an unincorporated community in Dallas County , Alabama .
Riverdale is a historic plantation house near Selma , Dallas County , Alabama . Architectural historians consider it to be most elegant and refined house of its period in Dallas County . The two-story wood-frame house was built in the Federal-style in 1829 . It is five bays wide , with a two-tiered , pedimented portico spanning the central bay . It was built by Virgil H. Gardner , a native of Jones County , Georgia , for his bride , Margaret Loise Aylett of Virginia . Their daughter , Mary Gardner , was married in the house in 1854 to Henry Quitman , son of former Mississippi governor John A. Quitman . Following the deaths of Virgil and Margaret Gardner during the 1880s , the plantation was purchased by W. P. Watts . Houston Alexander sold the house and roughly 1,500 acres ( 610 ha ) of the property in 1961 to the Hammermill Paper Company . The company offered to donate the house to the local historical society on the condition that it be moved . The former plantation site is now the location of International Paper 's Riverdale Mill , built in 1965 . The house was added to National Register of Historic Places on September 10 , 1979 . It was disassembled and moved during the 1980s to a site off Alabama State Route 22 .