Front: Oaklawn Plantation, Huntsville, Alabama Back: OAKLAWN PLANTATION, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA This is but one of many outstanding Ante-Bellum homes in the area. Its present owner, Mr. Max Luther, has modernized the building without losing any of its gracious beauty, surrounded by almost 200 acres which is now being operated as a stock farm.
Back: OAKLAWN PLANTATION - one of the most beautiful ante-bellum homes in Huntsville, Alabama - was built around 1844 and served as a hospital during the Spanish-American War. The late Max Luther transformed the 175 acre estate into a stock farm. He also maintained a very fine stable for his noted five- and three-gaited saddle horses.
Back: Pope-Scragins [sic] Home, Huntsville, Ala. This home was built in 1815 by Col. Leroy Pope, "The Father of Huntsville", and overlooks a hill. Later it became the home of Leroy Pope Walker, who as Secretary of War for the CSA, gave the order to fire on Fort Sumter, which began the War Between the States.
