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Coordinates: 34°39′43.18″N 87°40′01.51″W / 34.6619944°N 87.6670861°W / 34.6619944; -87.6670861
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Belle Mont
Belle Mont in 2010
Belle Mont is located in Alabama
Belle Mont
Belle Mont is located in the United States
Belle Mont
Nearest cityTuscumbia, Alabama
Coordinates34°39′43.18″N 87°40′01.51″W / 34.6619944°N 87.6670861°W / 34.6619944; -87.6670861
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built1828
Architectural styleJeffersonian
NRHP reference No.82002003[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1982

Belle Mont is a historic Jeffersonian-style plantation house near Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1982, due to its architectural significance.[1]

History

Belle Mont was built between 1828 and 1832 for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia. Mitchell, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, was also one of the first large-scale planters and slaveholders in the area. Mitchell sold the 1,680-acre (680 ha) plantation to another Virginia native, Isaac Winston, in 1833. It remained in the Winston family until 1941. The house and 33 acres (13 ha) were donated to the Alabama Historical Commission in 1983. It has been undergoing a phased restoration since that time and is currently operated as a historic house museum.[2]

Architecture

Considered by architectural scholars to be a clear example of Thomas Jefferson's influence upon the architecture of the early United States, Belle Mont is one of only a few surviving examples of Jeffersonian architecture in the Deep South. Built in red brick, it features a raised, two story central section with flanking one-story wings. The side wings project toward the rear in a U-shape, forming a semi-enclosed rear courtyard.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Belle Mont". Alabama Historic Commission. Archived from the original on 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  3. ^ Gamble, Robert (1990). Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810-1930. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press. pp. 53–56. ISBN 0-8173-1134-3.
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