Located near Falkville, Alabama, there are two grave houses located in a large pasture. The houses are part of a small family cemetery.
The grave houses belong to Elizabeth Ann Wiggins Brown (1938-1889) and her husband, John Jemisom Brown (1927-1890). According to FindAGrave, there are six burials in the cemetery.
An unlocked gate is at the entrance. I chose not to enter and shoot from the pull-in.
Built in 1854 as a brick Georgian cottage, the Gothic Revival details were added after the Civil War. Atherates and Martha Atkinson raised 14 children in this home.
This central hallway cottage with Victorian embellishments was owned by Adeline Rose, a Black entrepreneur who earned her living as a washerwoman. Born towards the end of slavery, Rose built this home in 1891. She was a widower with three children (John, W. M., and Lillian). (Note: This is different than other accounts I read about her, but I based it on doing genealogical research and her obituary.)
Much of her business was from The Hardy House, a hotel owned by Mary Hardy, the mother of Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame.
In 1996, Madison city officials moved the home closer to downtown to serve as a testament to Adeline Rose. It is now a house museum.
Built in 1902, this home used to serve as the Methodist parsonage.
Bonar Hall, a four-over-four traditional Georgian manor house, was completed in 1840 for the family of John Byne Walker. Walker was one of the wealthiest men in Morgan County and one of the largest enslavers in the state with over 200 men, women, and children held in bondage. While the architect of the home is unknown, it is almost certain that slave labor helped make the bricks and help build the home.
During the Civil War, the home served as a makeshift hospital after the Battle of Chickamauga. In 1880, the home was purchased by John Broughton for William Broughton, his song, and his new wife. They added the Victorian details that can be seen on the front porch.
In 1920, Josie Bacon purchased the home in 1920 and named it Bonar Hall after her oldest relative, Charles Bonar. She had grown up in the Carter-Newton House in Madison.
The Kimble-Crawley-Davis House used to be located in Rutledge, Georgia. Once located on Old Mill Road in Rutledge, this plantation plain was moved due to land being purchased for the Rivian manufacturing plant.
The home is essentially two homes that were out together. The Kimble family built a one-room house in 1911. The Crawley family built the two-story I house in 1829. John Morgan Davis moved the one-room home to join the two-story house in 1879.
Excellent 3-D sketches were made before the move which can be seen here.
