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Photograph of Everhope Plantation
Photograph by Altairisfar, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Capt. Nathan Carpenter House

Built in 1853 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“Everhope, known throughout most of its history as the Captain Nathan Carpenter House and more recently as Twin Oaks Plantation, is a historic plantation house near Eutaw, Alabama, United States. Completed in 1853 for Nathan Mullin Carpenter, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage due to its architectural and historical significance.”

Wikipedia article Captain Nathan Carpenter House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 36 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 1999 · category: Building · built in 1853, Greek Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Carpenter, Capt. Nathan, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 2.5 mi. SE of Clinton, Eutlaw, 35462
  • When was it listed? July 1999
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Eutaw
  • When was it built? 1853
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 99000793 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

107 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Capt. Nathan Carpenter House between 1994 and 2020, burning about 361 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1994Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170930-5
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140930-002
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Other causesunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 181, AL
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism21 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
John Coleman House3.9 miles1982
Samuel R. Murphy House4.0 miles1982
William A. Rogers House4.8 miles1982
Rev. John H. Gray House5.5 miles1982
William B. Wills House5.7 miles1983
Kirkwood5.7 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99000793 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Greene CountyAll 36 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.