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The '''Sadler residence''', or '''Sadler Plantation House''', is located on [[Eastern Valley Road]] in [[McCalla]], adjacent to the [[Tannehill Ironworks Historic State Park]]. The plantation was built by [[Isaac Sadler]], one of the founders of the [[Pleasant Hill Academy]] between [[1818]] and [[1820]], and was expanded in [[1838]]. | The '''Sadler residence''', or '''Sadler Plantation House''', is located on [[Eastern Valley Road]] in [[McCalla]], adjacent to the [[Tannehill Ironworks Historic State Park]]. The plantation was built by [[Isaac Sadler]], one of the founders of the [[Pleasant Hill Academy]] between [[1818]] and [[1820]], and was expanded in [[1838]]. | ||
The plantation encompassed over 2,800 acres and was on the route for [[Wilson's Raiders]] in [[1865]] near the end of the [[Civil War]], but the home was spared, and is one of the few surviving antebellum plantations in the [[ | The plantation encompassed over 2,800 acres and was on the route for [[Wilson's Raiders]] in [[1865]] near the end of the [[Civil War]], but the home was spared, and is one of the few surviving antebellum plantations in the [[Birmingham District]]. | ||
In the 1970s the home was donated to the [[West Jefferson County Historical Society]] by [[Freddie S. Lipscomb]], one of Sadler's descendants. | |||
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Revision as of 15:11, 30 December 2013
The Sadler residence, or Sadler Plantation House, is located on Eastern Valley Road in McCalla, adjacent to the Tannehill Ironworks Historic State Park. The plantation was built by Isaac Sadler, one of the founders of the Pleasant Hill Academy between 1818 and 1820, and was expanded in 1838.
The plantation encompassed over 2,800 acres and was on the route for Wilson's Raiders in 1865 near the end of the Civil War, but the home was spared, and is one of the few surviving antebellum plantations in the Birmingham District.
In the 1970s the home was donated to the West Jefferson County Historical Society by Freddie S. Lipscomb, one of Sadler's descendants.
References
- Satterfield, Carolyn Green (1976) Historic Sites of Jefferson County, Alabama. Birmingham: Jefferson County Historical Commission/Gray Printing Company
External links
- Sadler Plantation House at Explore Southern History.com