Cuba Plantation

Cuba Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic District
Entrance gate to Cuba Plantation
Nearest city:	Faunsdale, Alabama
Coordinates:	32°26′28″N 87°39′7″W / 32.44111°N 87.65194°W / 32.44111; -87.65194Coordinates: 32°26′28″N 87°39′7″W / 32.44111°N 87.65194°W / 32.44111; -87.65194
Built:	1850
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission[2]
NRHP Reference#:	93000601[1]
Added to NRHP:	July 13, 1993

Cuba Plantation is a historic plantation house located in Faunsdale, Alabama.^[1] It was built in 1850 by Andrew Pickens Calhoun as an overseer's house for this, his second plantation. His primary plantation was the nearby Tulip Hill. Andrew Calhoun was the son of John C. Calhoun, seventh Vice President of the United States. Originally a one-story structure, the house was expanded after it was sold in 1863 to Tristram Bethea. His family enlarged the ground floor and added a second story.^[3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1993, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
3. ^ Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 15. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 189164758X