Eutaw Historic Pilgrimage 2007

Iredell P. Vaughn, a tailor, built this home for his bride, Miss Ann Margaret Steele, in 1841. Many homes in Eutaw feature characteristics of this Raised Creole Cottage style. The Vaughn-Morrow house has been restored by the Greene County Historical Society, and is now operated as its headquarters.

300 Main Street, Eutaw

The Presbyterian Church was originally organized in 1824 by Tuscaloosa Presbytery as Mesopotamia Presbyterian Church and stood in front of Mesopotamia Cemetery. The congregation moved to the new Greek Revival, two-story frame church after its completion in 1851. The original whale-oil pulpit lamps and the old chandeliers have been wired for electricity. The adjoining educational building was erected in 1959.
 

Tradition has it that a two-story, four-room building was moved from its original site across the Warrior River in Old Erie and placed on a lot on Main Street in the new town of Eutaw.  In 1840, Attoway Davis added a added two rooms and a porch to the old structure. A physician later purchased the property and built a one room cottage on the east side of the house to serve as his office. The house was bought and restored by Ralph and Diana Liverman and will be operated as a Bed and Breakfast.

This Victorian home has the date 1895 Incorporated in the gingerbread scroll work in the facade. The home was built in the same design style as the home on the opposite corner as they were owned by the same family. Both homes are now owned by Michael Turner and Larry Sexton who have completed restoration on both homes.

Located on the north west corner of the Town Square in Eutaw, the Probate Office was restored by the Greene County Historical Society. The Historical Society also recently restored the Court House fountain on the square and is working on the original court house.

175 years of history will come alive as costumed volunteers representing some of the original historic home owners now buried in Mesopotamia Cemetery tell their stories. Chat with Stephen Fowler Hale, for which Hale County, Alabama was named or commiserate with Joseph Hall, father of five confederate sons.

Boligee Hill was built by Dr. John David Means of Newberry South Carolina ca. 1835. In 1869 Cornelia Hays bought the plantation, planted sweet myrtle and renamed it Myrtle Hall. Mr. & Mrs. Beeker, the current owners,  have renamed the home Myrtle Hill.

Thornhill, built by James Innes Thornton in 1833, is situated on a high hilltop with a panoramic two-county view. Thornton's Greek Revival mansion, with its fluted Ionic columns, was named after the family's England ancestral home Thorn-On-The-Hill.