Robert Jemison Plantation, Byler Road, Northport, Tuscaloosa County, AL. Surveyed as HABS ALA,63-NOPO,2-, with a 442-word written history.
“Robert Jemison Plantation, Byler Road, Northport, Tuscaloosa County, AL”
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Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS ALA,63-NOPO,2- · the record runs 442 words · one of 45 surveyed structures published for this county.
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On high plain above Warrior River, along the old Byler Road, just west of the Tuscaloosa Airport and Northport in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Date of Construction: C. Description: Remaining at the plantation site today is a mile- long alley of oaks dating to the early century, leading from the Byler Road to a state mental health facility housed in a Neo- classical mansion. Several other mental health buildings are located on the large former- plantation grounds. Significance Plantation site associated with a leading Southern planter and industrialist.
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This report is based upon written documentation donated by the Birmingham Historical Society, reformatted to HABS/HAER guidelines. ROBERT JEMISON PLANTATION HABS No. AL-941 (Page 2) HISTORICAL OVERVIEW A wealthy planter, Robert Jemison owned the Cherokee plantation and five others, acres of land, grist mills, saw mills, a stage coach line, livery stable, and coal and ore mines. He assisted in promoting the Selma, Rome, and Dalton Railroad and the Northeast and Southwest Railroad (now part of the Southern - Norfolk-Southern System). Jemison served as a state legislator in the Alabama House of Representatives from to and the senate from to In he was also elected to the Confederate Senate. In he decided to move to the city and began construction of his Greensboro Avenue house in Tuscaloosa.
Robert Jemison Sr. of Birmingham and William Carlos Jemison, New South Mayor and developer of Tuscaloosa, are his nephews. Named "Cherokee" for the gratitude of an ancestor of Priscilla Taylor Jemison Robert) was captured and released by unfriendly Indians, this Robert Jemison plantation was established after the Jemisons came to the area in The plantation house, which burned at the turn of the century. The plantation site, later known as the Hargrove land (Jemison's only daughter married Andrew Coleman Hargrove - d. was given to Bryce Hospital, which constructed a Neo-Colonial style building at the foot of the alley as part of Bryce Hospital. Sources Consulted Marvin Harper Interview, Marjorie L. White Site Visit,
| Northport, Alabama | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | 129 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Northport building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
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| Main Street (Commercial Streetscapes) | HABS ALA,63-NOPO,1- | 34 words |
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