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Select... Architecture notebook ##: Log House at Burritt Museum, Huntsville, Alabama. Architecture notebook 10: McDonald Farm Buildings, Huntsville, Ala. Architecture notebook 17: Lyle Residence, northeast of Decatur, Alabama. Architecture notebook 28: Grove-Sammons House, in New Hope, Alabama. Architecture notebook 28: McWilliams Log House, in Limestone County, Alabama. Architecture notebook 29: Wheeler House, Cotton Garden, and Pond Spring, in Lawrence County, Alabama. Architecture notebook 33: Rhodesville Log Cabin, in Rhodesville, Alabama. Architecture notebook 33: Sharp Cabin, near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Architecture notebook 42: Clark-Chandler Cabin, Monte Sano, in Huntsville, Alabama. Architecture notebook 42: Solomon DeBow Log House at 1388 McMullen Road, Gurley, Alabama. Architecture notebook 5: Darwin House, on Darwin Rd., Madison County, Ala. Architecture notebook 5: Sublett Cabin, on Moontown Rd. in Madison County, Ala. Architecture notebook 51: Meals Log House, or the Meals-Spencer House, at the Burritt Museum, Huntsville, Alabama. Architecture notebook 54: Conger Log House, in Mulberry, Tennessee. Architecture notebook 57: W.C. Handy Log House and Museum, in Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 58: Childress Log House, at Ripple Lane, Big Cove, Alabama. Architecture notebook 6: House and log barn near Gurley, Ala. Architecture notebook 62: Cabins, at DeSoto State Park, Mentone, Alabama. Architecture notebook 62: Murphey House, on Glenwood Rd., Decatur, Alabama. Architecture notebook 64: Eddins-Benjamin House, moved to Burritt Museum Architecture notebook 69: Saddlebag Log House near Big Cove in Madison County, Ala. Architecture notebook 7: Urguhart Log House, Toney, Ala. Architecture notebook 8: Sunnyside, or Hampton House, Hampton Log Home, or Green Lawn, in Huntsville, Ala. Architecture notebook 9: Burkett Log House, near Hobbs Island Rd., Madison County, Ala. Architecture notebook 9: Clopton log barn, on Homer Nance Rd. in Madison County, Ala. Architecture notebook 9: Log House and Byers Nursery, in Huntsville, Ala. Architecture notebook 9: Log House at N. Beaty St. and Wood St. in Athens, Ala. Architecture notebook 9: Log House in Greenbrier, Ala. Architecture notebook 9: Log houses on Hurricane Valley Rd. and Hurricane Creek Rd. in Madison County, Ala. Architecture notebook 9. Aunt Fanny's Cabin, in Jeff, Ala.
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Select... 1840s-1850s Solomon DeBow Log House, Country-Greek Revival with Italianate and Victorian details. Solomon DeBow purchased the land at age 22 to build this house on. DeBow was a Confederate soldier of Co. H in the 35th Alabama Infantry. Located at 1388 McMullen Road, Gurley, Alabama. Addresses and locations of the structures pictured may no longer be accurate, as street names and house numbers change over time. The addresses given reflect the information provided by Harvie Jones at the time he documented these structures. Aunt Fanny's Cabin, log house built c. 1830. Located in Jeff in Madison County, Alabama. Burkett Log House. Includes two 20th century barns as well as a log corn crib probably built in the mid-1800s. Located off Hobbs Island Rd., Hegia Burrow Rd., and Cap Atkins Rd., Madison County, Alabama. Burritt Museum Log House, built in the 1960s using 1840s logs only. Has breezeway in the middle. The reconstruction planned by Harvie Jones was completed in 1994 without his or any architectural guidance. Located in Huntsville, Alabama. Childress Log House, built in 1811. Moved from original location in 1832. Owner Robert Childress had 17 children. House had asphalt siding and a Victorian style porch. Located at Ripple Lane, Big Cove, Alabama. Clark-Chandler Cabin, built in the 1840s. Moved and rebuilt in the 1970s at Burritt Museum. Logs and possibly stones are original, rest of the materials are from the rebuild in the 1970s. Located on Monte Sano, Huntsville, Alabama. Clopton log barn, built 1818. Located on Homer Nance Rd. in northeast Madison County, Alabama. Burned 1982. Conger House, built in 1805. Harvie Jones states that the 1850s is more accurate for built date due to architecture evidence. Federal period style, moved to Burritt Museum. Originally located between Fayetteville and Mulberry, Tennessee. Darwin House, built in the early 1800s. Log dogtrot cabin with a Victorian addition. Located on Darwin Rd. in Madison County, Alabama. DeSoto State Park cabins, built c. 1933. Eleven cabins were built over the course of roughly ten years. Renovated by Jones and Herrin, Architects. Located near Mentone, Alabama. Dr. William Murphey House, built c. 1818. Log and stone house renovated with the help of Trico Steel Company and the Alabama Historical Commission. Dr. Murphey owned a large plantation as well. Located on Glenwood Rd., near Decatur, Alabama. Eddins-Benjamin House, built c. 1810 with additions in 1930. Wood frame early 19th century vernacular style. Originally located at 28305 Shannon Dr. Ardmore, AL Grove-Sammons House, built c. 1830-1840. Federal period log dogtrot building with Victorian renovations. Located on the south side of Cherry Tree Rd. in New Hope, Alabama. Houses and Log Barn in Gurley, all built c. 1870s. Located northeast of Gurley, Alabama. One of the houses was demolished c. 1985. Hurricane Valley log house, built c. 1820. Federal Period. Includes a log barn and a shed. Located on Hurricane Valley Rd. in Madison County, Alabama. House built c. 1835-1850, dogtrot log house, and log house off Hurricane Creek Rd. in Madison County, Alabama. James Meals Log House, or the Meals-Spencer House, built c. 1840 in N. Limestone County, Alabama and restored at Burritt Museum in Huntsville, Alabama. Jesse James was rumored to have been at the wedding of Margaret Meals, daughter of James Meals, and Thomas Alexander Adkins in 1876 before the payroll robbery in Muscle Shoals. Joe Wheeler Plantation, also known as the Sherrod-Wheeler House, Cotton Garden, and Pond Spring. A group of thirteen buildings built in the range of c. 1818 to c. 1880: Early 1800s log center-hall barn. Early 20th century frame barn. 19th century log ice house. Servants' house. Pole barn built 20th century. Comissary built c. 1900. Log house built c. 1818. Log dogtrot house built c. 1820. Schoolhouse. The c. 1830 Sherrod House. General Joe Wheeler's post-Civil War period house built c. 1884. Family cemetery. Located in Lawrence County, Alabama. Joseph Wheeler was a Confederate Army General and seved in the Spanish-American War. Log House in Athens, Alabama. Greek Revival and Victorian style. Located on southwest corner of North Beaty St. and Wood St. Log House in Greenbrier, Alabama. Log House, Byers Nursery. Single-pen log house. Originally located off of North Memorial Parkway, Huntsville, Alabama. Dismantled in 1978 and given to Burritt Museum by David Byers. Lyle Residence, built c. 1840-1870. Original structure a log house. Located northeast of Decatur, Alabama. McDonald Farm Buildings, built c. 1890-1970. Composed of 13 buildings, including a house built c. 1920s, a house built 1959, a pole-barn built c. 1920-50, and a chicken house and log playhouse built 1974. Located northwest of Old Madison Pike in Huntsville, Alabama. McWilliams Log House, built c. 1830-1850. Located in north of Athens in Limestone County, Alabama. Rhodesville log cabin. Federal Period log house in Rhodesville, Alabama. Saddlebag style cabin. Limestone chimney in the center. Built c. 1820-1860 near Big Cove in Madison County, Ala. Sharp Cabin, built c. 1830. Federal Period log house. Built either by Samuel Gray or Adrian Sharp of Petersburg, Virginia. Originaly located on Brush Creek Rd. in northwest Lauderdale County, Alabama, moved to Savannah Rd. near Florence, Alabama in 1991. Sublett Cabin, built c. 1842. Log house. Located on Moontown Rd. in Madison County, Alabama. Sunnyside, also known as Hampton House, the Hampton Log Home, or Green Lawn, built c. 1811. Federal style with Victoran and Greek Revival style aspects. Included a separate kitchen, spring house, and slave quarters. Located in Huntsville, Alabama. Burned at request of owner on October 20, 1981. Urguhart Log House, built c. 1813. Federal style. Dogtrot house. Barn built c. 1926. Located at 8024 Pulaski Pike, Toney, Alabama. Added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1992. W.C. Handy Log House and Museum, built in the early 19th century. Home of W.C. Handy, famous blues composer born in 1873. Popular compositions such as "St. Louis Woman" and "Bride St. Blues" were composed here. It was rebuilt in the 1960s on the current site with the addition of the museum. Only the logs of the actual house remain authentic from when W.C. Handy owned the house. Located in Florence, Alabama.
