Johnson's Woods (also known as the G. W. Carroll House) is a historic plantation house in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The house was built in 1837 on land purchased by George W. Carroll in 1828. A settler from Maryland, Carroll became the county's wealthiest planter by 1850. Between 1855 and 1860, he moved to Arkansas, selling his plantation to William Mhoon. Upon Mhoon's death in 1869, the plantation passed to William A. Johnson, a former Tennessee River steamboat operator and Confederate Army soldier. In addition to farming, Johnson also revived his steamboat business, traded cotton in Memphis, and opened a mercantile business in Tuscumbia. After his death in 1891 and his wife's in 1905, the land passed to his son, John W. Johnson.
Johnson's Woods | |
 The house in a 1933 HABS photo | |
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| Location | 801 E. North Commons, Tuscumbia, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 34°44′26″N 87°41′35″W / 34.74056°N 87.69306°W |
| Area | 8.8 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1837 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000511[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 4, 1988 |
The Neoclassical house is L-shaped, and has a five-bay front façade. The double-height entry portico is supported by four narrow columns, with pilasters from the original, two-tiered portico which was removed in 1983. The portico is flanked by two sash windows on either side, two-over-two on the first floor and twelve-over-eight on the second. The double-paned door is surround by sidelights and a transom with diamond-shaped panes. The entry hall contains a staircase, and is flanked by a living room on one side and a dining room on the other. A side entry hall behind the dining room leads to the kitchen. A parlor was added behind the living room circa 1889, and a gabled room was added behind the kitchen circa 1904. Contributing outbuildings and structures include a smokehouse, plantation office, cotton shed, barn, corn crib, carriage house, commissary, animal shelter, and the cedar-lined entrance lane to the property.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ Kay, Steven M. (January 1988). "Johnson's Woods". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
External links
edit- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-322, "G. W. Carroll House, 801 East North Commons, Tuscumbia, Colbert County, AL", 13 photos, 2 data pages
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