Battersea
Battersea in 2008
Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama) is located in Alabama
Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama)
Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama) is located in the United States
Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama)
Nearest cityPrairieville, Alabama
Coordinates32°30′37″N 87°42′11″W / 32.51028°N 87.70306°W / 32.51028; -87.70306
Built1845
Architectural stylemid-19th Century Revival
MPSPlantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission
NRHP reference No.94000698[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1994

Battersea is a historic plantation house in Prairieville, Alabama. The house was built from 1820 to 1845 by the Vaughan family from Petersburg, Virginia and served as an early stagecoach stop.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on July 7, 1994, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Marengo County Heritage Book Committee (2000). The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants. p. 14. ISBN 1-891647-58-X.
  3. ^ Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2 December 2008.


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