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Bladon Springs State Park. Bladon Springs State Park is a public recreation area located on the site of four mineral springs that were once part of the historic spa at Bladon Springs, Choctaw County, Alabama. The park is operated in a partnership between Alabama State Parks and Choctaw County. [3]
72000164. Belle Mina. Belle Mina. 34°38′41″N 86°52′51″W / 34.64479°N 86.88078°W / 34.64479; -86.88078 (Belle Mina) Limestone. One of the earliest plantation houses with a monumental portico in the state, Belle Mina was built from 1826–35 for Alabama's second governor, Thomas Bibb.
History. Blount Springs's mineral springs and rural setting made it a summer resort for thousands of wealthy people from Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and more from 1820 to the 1930s. The sulfur springs were renowned for their curative properties. More than the health benefits, Old Blount became known for its social scene ...
It is the youngest of the three houses on the property. The Joseph Wheeler Plantation, formally known as The Joseph Wheeler Plantation, is a historic plantation complex and historic district in the Tennessee River Valley in Wheeler, Alabama. [2] The property contains twelve historically significant structures dating from 1818 to the 1880s. [3]
Hugh Comer (brother) John Wallace Comer (13 June 1845 – 20 September 1919) was a businessman, slave owner, mine operator and planter in Alabama during the Reconstruction Era and the early 1900s. The brother of Alabama Governor B. B. Comer, John Wallace Comer operated the Comer family plantation in Barbour County, Alabama. J. W.
The Magnolia Springs Historic District, in Magnolia Springs, Alabama, United States, is a 163 acres (0.66 km 2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2012.
St. Clair Springs. / 33.76417°N 86.40472°W / 33.76417; -86.40472. St. Clair Springs is an unincorporated community and historic district in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. Beginning in the 1840s, people came to the area to camp around the springs. A four-room tavern was built sometime before the Civil War.
Windham Springs is named after the resort at the sulfur springs founded by Levi Windham in 1850. [2] The area was once home to a two-story hotel building and several cabins. The hotel and springs were visited by many people for the springs' reputed healing qualities. During the Civil War, the hotel was looted by the Union Army. In May 1917, the ...