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Near Athens in Limestone County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
 

Blackburn House

 
 
Blackburn House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 13, 2022
1. Blackburn House Marker
Inscription.
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.
 
Location. 34° 47.518′ N, 87° 3.274′ W. Marker is near Athens, Alabama, in Limestone County. Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 72 and Blackburn Road (County Road 43), on the right when traveling west on U.S. 72. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14975 US-72, Athens AL 35611, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Round Island Baptist Church (approx. 3.2 miles away); Reconstruction (approx. 4.2 miles away); Trinity School (approx. 4.2 miles away); Prisoners of War (approx. 4.2 miles away); Coleman Hill (approx. 4.2 miles away); The Battles of Fort Henderson and Sulphur Creek Trestle (approx. 4.2 miles away); The United State Colored Troops (approx. 4.3 miles away); Fort Henderson / Trinity School - 1865-1970 (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Athens.
 
Regarding Blackburn House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
The Blackburn House is a fine and extremely well-preserved
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example of a story-and-a-half "Saltbox" type house and has a nicely proportioned Italianate portico. Constructed around 1873 by Edward Alexander Blackburn (1840-1899), the house serves as the center of the small community of Blackburn, which grew up around it.
 
Blackburn House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 13, 2022
2. Blackburn House Marker
Blackburn House image. Click for more information.
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3. Blackburn House
National Register of Historic Places Digital Archive on NPGallery website entry
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Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 15, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 621 times since then and 134 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 15, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.   3. submitted on February 16, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.

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