Will Dockery built the 25,600 acre cotton plantation added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 in what state?
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Will Dockery Will Dockery (1865–1936) built from scratch the Dockery Plantation, the famous home of such original Delta blues musicians as Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, and Pops Staples.
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Dockery Plantation Dockery Plantation was a 25600 acre cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi. It is widely regarded as the place where Delta blues music was born. Blues musicians resident at Dockery included Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
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Grapeland (Wardtown, Virginia) Grapeland is a historic plantation home located near Wardtown, Northampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed, Federal style brick house. It has a one-story, brick wing added in the mid-19th century. Also on the property are the contributing four-bay, frame kitchen building with a central chimney and an early 19th-century frame stable.
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Harlem Plantation House Harlem Plantation House is located on Louisiana Highway 39 between Davant and Phoenix, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on the east bank of the Mississippi River from Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana. It was built in 1840 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 26, 1982. It is a raised Creole-American plantation house.
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Coffin Point Plantation Coffin Point Plantation, is a historic plantation house located in the Frogmore area of Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA, was once a prosperous Sea Island plantation. It is estimated that the home was built around 1801, and like many early 19th century homes in the area, features a tabby foundation. One of the homes more striking features is the one-half mile avenue of oaks that leads to the home. Ebenezer Coffin, born in Boston in 1763, received 1120 acres and 63 chattel slaves from his father-in-law and had the house built on the property. In 1862, during the Civil War, the plantation was recorded as owning 260 slaves.
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Vine Hill (Centerville, North Carolina) Vine Hill is a historic plantation house located near Centerville, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built / remodeled about 1856-1858, and is a two-story, three bay, four-square Italianate / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a hipped roof. It was built / remodeled by noted American carpenter and builder Jacob W. Holt (1811-1880).
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Dellet Plantation The Dellet Plantation, also known as Dellet Park, is a plantation and historic district about 3 miles northwest of the ghost town of Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama. The historic district covers 4000 acre and includes 17 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and one site. The plantation was established by James Dellet, a prominent judge and United States Congressman, during the late 1810s. The Federal style plantation house, with a two-tiered Doric portico on the front, was built between 1835 and 1840 by Dellet.
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Briggs Terrace Briggs Terrace, also known as Evergreen Lane, is a nationally recognized historic district located in Nevada, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. At the time of its nomination it consisted of eight resources, which included six contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two non-contributing buildings. This estate was established and built by Otis Briggs, a local banker who founded Farmers Bank in Nevada. He arrived in town in 1857 from Des Moines, four years after Nevada and Story County were founded. He worked in a variety of commercial ventures before becoming a banker. Briggs invested heavily in real estate, and he became one of the largest land owners in the county.
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James Greer Bankhead House The James Greer Bankhead House, also known simply as the Greer Bankhead House and Forest Home, is a historic house in Sulligent, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1975. It is the only site listed on the National Register in Lamar County.
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Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farm The Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farm is a 75 acre , 644000 sqft , $100 million lifestyle center located in Trussville, Alabama, which opened on October 11, 2006. The center was developed by Colonial Properties on land previously distinguished by a rocky hillside. Nearby is the Colonial Promenade at Tutwiler Farm, which was also developed by Colonial Properties.
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Alston-DeGraffenried Plantation Alston-DeGraffenried Plantation or Alston-DeGraffenried House is a historic property located in Chatham County, North Carolina, near Pittsboro, North Carolina. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes a plantation house built between about 1810 and 1825, and its surrounding agricultural fields. The property was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and the listed area was increased in 1993. The house and the surrounding land are identified as a national historic district.
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Brabson's Ferry Plantation Brabson's Ferry Plantation is a Pioneer Century farm and former antebellum plantation near the U.S. city of Sevierville, Tennessee. Located at what was once a strategic crossing of the French Broad River, by 1860 the plantation had become one of the largest in East Tennessee, and one of the few in the region that rivalled the large plantations of the Deep South in size and influence. The farm remains in operation, and several of its historic structures— including two plantation houses and an 18th-century plank house— have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Mill Creek Plantation Mill Creek Plantation, also known as Greenridge Plantation, near Thomasville in Thomas County, Georgia, is a 193.8 acre property which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dry Fork Plantation Dry Fork Plantation, also known as James Asbury Tait House, is a historic plantation house in Coy, Alabama. The two-story wood-frame house was built between 1832 and 1834 in a vernacular interpretation of Federal style architecture. It was built for James Asbury Tait by two slaves, Hezekiah and Elijah. The floor plan is centered on a hall that separates four rooms, two on each side, on both floors. Tait recorded in his daybook that the house required 25,000 board feet of lumber, the roof was covered with 6,000 wooden shingles, and the chimneys and foundation required 12,000 bricks, made from clay on the plantation. Dry Fork is one of the oldest houses still standing in Wilcox County and remains in the Tait family. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1999 with the name of Dry Forks Plantation.
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Woodlane Plantation The Woodlane Plantation is a historic plantation with a mansion in Eufaula, Alabama, U.S.. It was established as a cotton and tobacco plantation in the 1850s for John W. Raines. The mansion was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style, and its construction was completed in 1852. By the 1880s, it was the home of Reuben Kolb. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 29, 2006.
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Windsor Plantation Windsor Plantation (also known as Little Edisto Plantation and Ashwood Plantation) is a spacious house on Russell Creek in Edisto Island, South Carolina. The house was constructed about 1857 as a wedding gift to one of the sons of Edward Whaley. The large clapboard house is a good example of a Georgian-inspired sea island cotton plantation. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1974.
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Osceola, Arkansas Osceola is a city in and one of the two county seats of Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. Located along the Mississippi River within the Arkansas delta, the settlement was founded in 1837 and incorporated in 1853. Occupying an important location on the river, the city's economy grew as steamboat traffic increased. Timber and cotton harvesting would develop, and the city experienced rapid growth and development throughout the early 20th century. The city's economy has since diversified to include a robust industrial sector. The population was 7,757 at the 2010 census.
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Kincaid-Anderson House Kincaid-Anderson House, also known as Fairfield, is a historic home located near Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1774, and is a two-story, brick Georgian style dwelling. It has a hipped roof an sits on a fieldstone foundation. It has small brick side wings that were added in a 1920s restoration. Also on the property is a two-story brick and frame work house that has been converted into a guesthouse. It was the home of James Kincaid, who was one of the first purchasers of cotton in the South Carolina upcountry and was possibly involved in the early development of a cotton gin.
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Wheatlands (Sevierville, Tennessee) Wheatlands is an antebellum plantation in Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The plantation's surviving structures— which include the plantation house, a storage shed, and smokehouse— have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The plantation house has been called "the best example of a Federal-style building remaining in Sevier County."
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Yazoo River The Yazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is considered by some to mark the southern boundary of what is called the Mississippi Delta, a broad floodplain that was cultivated for cotton plantations before the American Civil War. It has continued to be devoted to large-scale agriculture.
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Reedy Rill Reedy Rill is a historic plantation house located near Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. The main house was built between 1830 and 1846, and remodeled about 1855 and credited to Warrenton builder Jacob W. Holt. It is a two-story, square, Italianate style frame dwelling. It features simple pilasters terminating in heavy brackets and round arched windows. It has a front porch, stuccoed foundation, and rear shed addition. Reedy Rill was built for Congressman Daniel Turner.
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Woodlands (Gosport, Alabama) Woodlands, also known as the Frederick Blount Plantation, is a historic plantation house in Gosport, Alabama. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 1980, due to its architectural significance.