Dry Fork Plantation, historic plantation house in Coy, Alabama, United States

Dry Fork Plantation, also known as the James Asbury Tait House, is a two-story wood-frame house built between 1832 and 1834 in a vernacular Federal style. Its floor plan centers on a hall separating four rooms, two on each side, on both floors. Tait's daybook records 25,000 board feet of lumber, 6,000 wooden roof shingles, and 12,000 bricks made from clay on the plantation.

Dry Fork was built between 1832 and 1834 for James Asbury Tait, who recorded in his daybook the lumber, shingles and bricks used in its construction. It is one of the oldest houses still standing in Wilcox County and remains in the Tait family. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1999, as Dry Forks Plantation.

The house is still owned by the Tait family, descendants of James Asbury Tait, who recorded the building in his daybook. The property is listed on the National Register as Dry Forks Plantation, the spelling used in the 1999 nomination.

Dry Fork Plantation stands in Coy, in Wilcox County, Alabama, and is a private residence still held by the Tait family, so it is not open for tours. The house is visible from the road; visitors should keep to the roadside and not enter the grounds or disturb the residents.

The house was built by enslaved artisans named Hezekiah and Elijah who hand-crafted the decorative woodwork inside, including carved mantels, doors, and cornices with patterns like fan shapes and chevrons. This craftsmanship is now recognized as a significant part of the house's architectural achievement.