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Umbria Plantation

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Umbria Plantation, also known as the Samuel Pickens Plantation, was a historic cotton plantation and Greek Revival-style plantation house near present-day Sawyerville, Alabama. It was established by Samuel Pickens, younger brother of Alabama's third governor Israel Pickens, and its house was an unusual example of a raised-basement plantation house built on a U-shaped plan. The building was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey during the 1930s before it was destroyed by fire on December 29, 1971. 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 1
Building Type
Plantation House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Alabama, United States 2
Completed Year
1833 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Classification
Standing Status
Demolished 1
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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

Greek Revival Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Umbria Plantation (Wikipedia)
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1. Umbria Plantation (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation)
    Umbria Plantation, also known as the Samuel Pickens Plantation, was a historic cotton plantation and Greek Revival-style plantation house near what is now Sawyerville, Alabama. The plantation was established by Samuel Pickens, the younger brother of Alabama's third governor, Israel Pickens. The house was an unusual example of a raised basement plantation house built on a U-shaped plan. It was r
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
    Umbria Plantation, also known as the Samuel Pickens Plantation, was a historic cotton plantation and Greek Revival-style plantation house near what is now Sawyerville, Alabama. The plantation was established by Samuel Pickens, the younger brother of Alabama's third governor, Israel Pickens. The house was an unusual example of a raised basement plantation house built on a U-shaped plan. It was r
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1833)
    completion_date/completed = 1833-1850s
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (demolished)
    It was destroyed by fire on December 30, 1971. Today the only reminders of what was once at site is a fence and crumbling brick foundations.
  • In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Greek Revival
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2. Umbria Plantation (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 394575): Alabama, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 394575): Alabama, United States
Wikidata item Q7881424, property P131/P17 (location): Alabama, United States
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