Tanglewood Plantation

 

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Tanglewood Plantation; HABS Survey, Courtesy Library of Congress.

1858 Snedecor drawing of Page Harris Land; Courtesy Library of Congress.

1858 Snedecor drawing of Page Harris Land

Tanglewood Plantation

Akron vicinity, Hale County, AL

Also known as the Page Harris home.

About 11 miles North of Greensboro off AL 23. Located in Township 22N, Section 27,  Range 4 East.

Inscription on plaque in front of house:


(from engineering drawings dated 1949)

J. Micholene? Bishop Memorial
Tanglewood and 480 acres
Donated to the
University of Alabama
By
Mrs. Alma Bishop Williams
For a Biological Station
to be Preserved as a Plant and
Wildlife Sanctuary
Land Homesteaded by Page Harris -- 1819
Granted to him by U.S. Government

Erected in Grateful Acknowledgement
By
University of Alabama, 1949

 

The Williams Cemetery is located on the property.

 

Engineering Sheet

Tanglewood Drawings

National Register of Historic Places

 

Sources:

The Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

 

National Register of Historic Places, Hale County, Alabama