Near Andalusia in Escambia County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Dixon Home Place
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History of the Dixon Home
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 5, 2019
1. Dixon Home Place Marker
Jeremiah Dixon II, the son of Revolutionary War Private Jeremiah Dixon, was the first Dixon family member to settle here sometime between 1815 and 1830. This land was passed down through four successive generations: Jeremiah to his son, Wiley Dixon; Wiley to his son, Napoleon Bonepart Dixon; and Napoleon Boneparts son, Solon Dixon, eventually inherited the property.
Napoleons sons, Solon and Charles Dixon, both raised in this home, became successful forest products industrialists and recognized conservationists.
In 1978, Solon and his wife, Martha, donated the land and a gift to Auburn University to build the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center. Solon Dixon stated at the Dedication in 1979, "Standing on the very ground which our ancestors homesteaded many years ago, we see the beginning of a learning and research center which will last far beyond our lifetimes."
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The rear porch and center breezeway were enclosed to create interior rooms sometime after 1900. Also, a separate two-room kitchen structure was built at the rear, perpendicular to the main home and connected via a covered porch. The home features two riverbank limestone chimneys built with bricks cut from the banks of the nearby Conecuh River.
Originally surrounded by outbuildings related to the Dixons forestry operations, the Dixon home is now the center of the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center.
The house was added in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 2005.
Erected by Alabama Historical Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Alabama
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 5, 2019
2. History of the Dixon Home Marker
Location. 31° 9.801′ N, 86° 42.15′ W. Marker is near Andalusia, Alabama, in Escambia County. It is on Dixon Center Road 1.6 miles north of U.S. 29, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12130 Dixon Center Road, Andalusia AL 36420, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 17 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brooklyn, Alabama (approx. 8 miles away); Brooklyn Baptist Church (approx. 8.2 miles away); Damascus Travelers Well (approx. 9 miles away); Elim Baptist Church (approx. 11.1 miles away); United States Post Office (approx. 11.1 miles away);
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 5, 2019
3. The Dixon Home and marker.
Also see . . . About the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center. Center website entry (Submitted on March 7, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 5, 2019
4. The Dixon home is the center of the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,757 times since then and 134 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 7, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
