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{{short description|Historic house in Alabama, United States}}
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{{Infobox NRHP | name =Cedar Haven

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| image = Cedar Haven Plantation.JPG
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| name = Cedar Haven
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| caption = Front of the house
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| nearest_city= [[Faunsdale, Alabama]]
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| image = Cedar Haven Plantation.JPG
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| caption = Front of the house
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| nearest_city = [[Faunsdale, Alabama]]
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| built = 1850
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| architecture = Greek Revival
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| locmapin = Alabama
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| added = July 13, 1993
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| mpsub = [[Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission]]<ref name="MPS">{{NRHP url|id=64500009|title=Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS}} NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008.</ref>
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| built =1850
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| refnum = 93000600<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
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| mpsub=[[Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission]]<ref name="MPS">[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500009.pdf Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS] NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008.</ref>
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'''Cedar Haven''' is a historic [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] [[Plantation complexes in the Southeastern United States#Plantation house|plantation house]] located near [[Faunsdale, Alabama|Faunsdale]], [[Alabama]].<ref name="nris"/> It was built in 1850 by Phillip J. Weaver. Weaver was a prominent merchant and planter. He was born in [[Mifflintown, Pennsylvania]] in 1797 and relocated to [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]] from [[Uniontown, Maryland]] in 1818. He ran a very successful store in Selma and also maintained a home there.<ref name="marengoher">Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: ''The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama'', page 16. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 1-891647-58-X</ref>
'''Cedar Haven''' was a historic [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|plantation house]] located near [[Faunsdale, Alabama|Faunsdale]], [[Alabama]].<ref name="nris"/> It was built in 1850 by Phillip J. Weaver. Weaver was a prominent merchant and planter. He was born in [[Mifflintown, Pennsylvania]] in 1797 and relocated to [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]] from [[Uniontown, Maryland]] in 1818. He ran a very successful store in Selma and also maintained a home there.<ref name="marengoher">Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: ''The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama'', page 16. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. {{ISBN|1-891647-58-X}}</ref> Weaver was the paternal grandfather of the artist [[Clara Weaver Parrish]].


When the community of Woodville, near Cedar Haven, applied for a [[post office]], the name Woodville was already in use by another Alabama community. Weaver suggested the name [[Uniontown, Alabama|Uniontown]] and his suggestion remains as the name of the town until this day. Phillip J. Weaver was killed in Selma in 1865, purportedly by a [[Union Army|Union]] soldier, several months after [[Wilson's Raid]] on Selma. The next owner of the plantation was John Davidson Alexander, born in [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]] in 1820. He died in 1901. Cedar Haven was inherited by his son, Houston Alexander, following his death.<ref name="marengoher"/>
When the community of Woodville, near Cedar Haven, applied for a [[post office]], the name Woodville was already in use by another Alabama community. Weaver suggested the name [[Uniontown, Alabama|Uniontown]] and his suggestion remains as the name of the town until this day. Phillip J. Weaver was killed in Selma in 1865, purportedly by a [[Union Army|Union]] soldier, several months after [[Wilson's Raid]] on Selma. The next owner of the plantation was John Davidson Alexander, born in [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]] in 1820. He died in 1901. Cedar Haven was inherited by his son, Houston Alexander, following his death.<ref name="marengoher"/>


The house features a two-story [[Doric order|Doric]] [[Portico#Tetrastyle|tetrasyle]] portico. It 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]].<ref name="nris"/>
The house featured a two-story [[Doric order|Doric]] [[Portico#Tetrastyle|tetrastyle]] portico. It 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]].<ref name="nris"/>

The house, already badly deteriorated in 1995,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alabamaheritage.com/places-in-peril/cedar-haven-marengo-county-1850-places-in-peril-1995|title=Cedar Haven, Marengo County, 1850 (Places in Peril 1995)|access-date=6 April 2017}}</ref> was razed in the 2000s.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Houses completed in 1850]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1850]]
[[Category:Greek Revival houses in Alabama]]
[[Category:Greek Revival houses in Alabama]]
[[Category:Plantations in Alabama]]
[[Category:Plantation houses in Alabama]]
[[Category:Houses in Marengo County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Houses in Marengo County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Alabama]]

Latest revision as of 22:51, 27 May 2023

Cedar Haven
Front of the house
Cedar Haven is located in Alabama
Cedar Haven
Cedar Haven is located in the United States
Cedar Haven
Nearest cityFaunsdale, Alabama
Coordinates32°25′4″N 87°35′14″W / 32.41778°N 87.58722°W / 32.41778; -87.58722
Built1850
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSPlantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission[2]
NRHP reference No.93000600[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 13, 1993

Cedar Haven was a historic Greek Revival plantation house located near Faunsdale, Alabama.[1] It was built in 1850 by Phillip J. Weaver. Weaver was a prominent merchant and planter. He was born in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania in 1797 and relocated to Selma from Uniontown, Maryland in 1818. He ran a very successful store in Selma and also maintained a home there.[3] Weaver was the paternal grandfather of the artist Clara Weaver Parrish.

When the community of Woodville, near Cedar Haven, applied for a post office, the name Woodville was already in use by another Alabama community. Weaver suggested the name Uniontown and his suggestion remains as the name of the town until this day. Phillip J. Weaver was killed in Selma in 1865, purportedly by a Union soldier, several months after Wilson's Raid on Selma. The next owner of the plantation was John Davidson Alexander, born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1820. He died in 1901. Cedar Haven was inherited by his son, Houston Alexander, following his death.[3]

The house featured a two-story Doric tetrastyle portico. It 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]

The house, already badly deteriorated in 1995,[4] was razed in the 2000s.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  3. ^ a b Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 16. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 1-891647-58-X
  4. ^ "Cedar Haven, Marengo County, 1850 (Places in Peril 1995)". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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