Pike Road in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Marks House

Circa 1825

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 15, 2014

1. Marks House Marker

Inscription. Built by William Matthews Marks, who immigrated from Oglethrope County, GA, on acreage purchased from the U.S. land office in Cahaba, AL for $1.25 per acre.

Foundation is pegged-together heart pine; framing is 3" by 9" timbers; mantles, dados, and all the brick are hand made. Kitchen, baths, a rose garden and pavilion for dancing were added by the Churchill Marks family in the 1920s. The house was purchased by Dr. Haywood B. (Woody) Bartlett in 1957.

In 1967, the movie of Truman Capote's "Thanksgiving Visitor" was filmed in the house. The facility has served as the Pike Road Community Club Center since 1968. The Pike Road Arts and Crafts fair is held here annually on the first Saturday in November. The house suffered extensive fire damage on August 28, 1997 and was subsequently restored by the Pike Road Community.

Erected 1998 by The Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1957.

Location. 32° 15.602′ N, 86° 5.93′ W. Marker is in Pike Road, Alabama, in Montgomery

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County. It is on Old Carter Hill Road (County Route 85) 0.9 miles south of Old Pike Road (County Route 101), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 890 Old Carter Hill Road, Pike Road AL 36064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Town of Pike Road Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Pike Road School (approx. 1.7 miles away); Taylor Field (approx. 3.6 miles away); The Jonesville Community (approx. 4.4 miles away); Bethelonia Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 5.4 miles away); Ray Cemetery (approx. 5.7 miles away); Brewer Memorial Church (approx. 6 miles away); Lucas Hill Cemetery (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pike Road.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Chantilly Plantation (was approx. 5.9 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . The Story of Pike Road. (Submitted on January 15, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 15, 2014

2. Marks House

Now Pike Road Community Club image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 15, 2014

3. Now Pike Road Community Club

Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 4,751 times since then and 203 times this year. Last updated on July 30, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 15, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.