Forest Home (Trinity, Alabama)

	Forest Home
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Nearest city	Trinity, Alabama
Coordinates	34°36′36″N 87°3′58″W / 34.61000°N 87.06611°W
Built	1856
NRHP reference No.	80000733
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 21, 1980
Designated ARLH	October 19, 1979

The Forest Home (also known as the Absalom L. Davis House) is a historic residence near Trinity, Alabama. The house was built in 1856 on land given to him upon his father-in-law's death. Davis was a farmer, a teacher at LaGrange College (today known as the University of North Alabama), and a leader of the Grange movement of farmer advocacy. The house remained in the Davis family as a working cotton farm until 1973. The house is a two-story I-house with a single-story rear ell. A two-story porch adorns the front façade.^[3] The house was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1979 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage". preserveala.org. Alabama Historical Commission. June 13, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
^ Mertins, Ellen; Robert S. Gamble (July 30, 1980). "Forest Home". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2014.

[arlh-2] "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage". preserveala.org. Alabama Historical Commission. June 13, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.

[3] Mertins, Ellen; Robert S. Gamble (July 30, 1980). "Forest Home". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.

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