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Dry Fork Plantation

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Dry Fork Plantation, also known as the James Asbury Tait House, is a historic plantation house in Coy, Alabama, a two-story wood-frame house built between 1832 and 1834 in a vernacular interpretation of the Federal style. It was built for James Asbury Tait by two enslaved craftsmen, Hezekiah and Elijah, and its floor plan centers on a hall separating four rooms, two to a side, on each floor; Tait's own daybook records that the house required 25,000 board feet of lumber, 6,000 wooden shingles for the roof, and 12,000 bricks made from clay on the plantation. Dry Fork is one of the oldest houses still standing in Wilcox County and remains in the Tait family; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 under the name Dry Forks Plantation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Plantation House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Alabama, United States 2
Completed Year
1834 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Connections

Has Building Type

House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Plantation House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Federal Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Dry Fork Plantation (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Brick, Architectural Materials
Source Dry Fork Plantation (Wikipedia)
Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Dry Fork Plantation (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Dry Fork Plantation (Wikipedia)
  • standing status determination
    Dry Fork is one of the oldest houses still standing in Wilcox County and remains in the Tait family; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 under the name Dry Forks Plantation.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1834)
    completion_date/completed = 1834
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
    Dry Fork Plantation, also known as James Asbury Tait House, is a historic plantation house in Coy, Alabama. The two-story wood-frame house was built between 1832 and 1834 in a vernacular interpretation of Federal style architecture. It was built for James Asbury Tait by two enslaved African Americans, Hezekiah and Elijah. The floor plan is centered on a hall that separates four rooms, two on eac
  • Uses Element: Timber, Introduction
    the house required 25,000 board feet (59 m3) of lumber
  • Uses Element: Brick, Introduction
    the chimneys and foundation required 12,000 bricks
  • In Style: Federal Architecture, Introduction
    The two-story wood-frame house was built between 1832 and 1834 in a vernacular interpretation of Federal style architecture.
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2. Dry Fork Plantation (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 394068): Alabama, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 394068): Alabama, United States
Wikidata item Q5309517, property P131/P17 (location): Alabama, United States
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