Marengo County

BLUFF HALL

405 Commissioner, Demopolis. Built by slaves in 1832. Allen Glover's wedding gift to daughter. Corinthian columns grace drawing room. Restored one-room log house on grounds. Museum gift shop, Canebrake Craft Corner next door.
Operation Schedule: Open Mar.-Dec.: Tu-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 2-5; Jan.-Feb.: Tu-Sat. 10-4, Sun. 2-4. Phone: 334-289-9644

GAINESWOOD

National Historic Landmark owned and operated by the Alabama Historical Commission.  This exquisite antebellum home began as a dogtrot cabin built by George S. Gaines c 1821.  In 1843 General Nathan Bryan Whitfield purchased the property and began an 18 year construction project that resulted in an unusual Greek Revival mansion, noted for its elaborate interiors.

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Demopolis; 1870; one story brick with a gable roof and bell tower entrance.

VINE AND OLIVE COLONY SITE

Demopolis; 1817; forced to flee France when Napoleon's empire failed, his aristocratic supporters founded what was intended to be a city of the people. They hoped to establish a successful wine and olive industry in the Alabama territory, but eventually failed.

WHITE BLUFFS

Arch Street, Demopolis; 1817-1819; a white limestone rock formation on the banks of the Tombigbee River, on which Demopolis was founded and is still located.