Samuel R. Pitts Plantation, historic house on a plantation in Pittsview, Alabama

The Samuel R. Pitts Plantation is a large property with a main house built in 1846 in Greek Revival style near Eufaula in Alabama. The 223-acre site and its structures include a smokehouse, carriage house, barn, dairy, and tenant housing that demonstrate how self-sufficient the plantation operated.

The property was built in 1846 and purchased in 1874 by Samuel Rutherford Pitts, from whom it took its name. The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 and also appears on Alabama's Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

The house is also known as Greenwood Plantation and the William J. Benton House, names tied to later owners. After Samuel Rutherford Pitts died, his brother Henry Bragg Pitts moved in with his family, and the house passed to Henry's daughter Evelyn, who lived there with her husband Richard Malcolm Mitchell and, after his death in the 1930s, with her three unmarried sisters.

The house stands in Pittsview, Russell County, and is private property with no public tours or museum opening. It is best viewed from the public road; do not enter the grounds without permission. The nearest larger town is Eufaula, and the rural setting means a car is needed to reach the site.

The house was built in 1846 for Dr. John Benson Henry and later bought by Samuel Eberharts before Samuel Rutherford Pitts acquired it in 1874. After Pitts died, his brother Henry Bragg Pitts moved in with his family, and the house passed to Henry's daughter Evelyn, who lived there with her husband Richard Malcolm Mitchell and, after his death in the 1930s, with her three unmarried sisters.