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Belle Mont
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By Sandra Hughes, December 6, 2009 | |
| | | 1. Belle Mont Mansion Marker | | |
Inscription. Built between 1828 and 1832, Belle Mont is a foremost example of Jeffersonian Palladian Architecture in the deep south and one of Alabama's first great plantation houses.
It was build for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia, and a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and one of the first large scale~ planters and slaveholders in this area.
In 1833 this 1,680~ acre plantation was sold by Mitchell to another Virginian Native, Isaac Winston.
Winston, also a prominent planter and strong supporter of the Confederacy, was the uncle of Alabama's first native born Governor, John Anthony Winston. Belle Monte remained in the hands of Winston heirs until 1941.
In 1983 the house and 33 surrounding acres were donated to the Alabama Historical Commission.
National Register of Historic Places
February 23, 1982
Erected 1992 by Alabama State Society National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.
Location. 34° 39.957′ N, 87° 40.051′ W. Marker is in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in Colbert County. Marker is on Cook Lane. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1569 Cook Lane, Tuscumbia AL 35674, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker| | | | 
By Sandra Hughes, December 6, 2009 | |
| | | 2. Belle Mont Mansion | | |
, as the crow flies. The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Alabama (approx. 3.7 miles away); Tuscumbia's Oakwood Cemetery (approx. 4.2 miles away); Jackson's Military Road (approx. 4.9 miles away); Sacred Tears (approx. 4.9 miles away); Cold Water Falls (approx. 4.9 miles away); Tuscumbia Big Spring (approx. 4.9 miles away); Petrified Conifer Tree / Petrified Lycopod Tree Stump (approx. 4.9 miles away); American Indian History (approx. 4.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Tuscumbia. |
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By Sandra Hughes, December 6, 2009 | |
| | | 3. Belle Mont Mansion~Side View | | Side View | | |
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By Sandra Hughes, December 6, 2009 | |
| | | 4. Belle Mont Mansion ~Back of Mansion | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on April 6, 2010, by Sandra Hughes of Killen, Usa. This page has been viewed 1,292 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 6, 2010, by Sandra Hughes of Killen, Usa. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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