Bermuda Hill, plantation house in Hale County, Alabama, United States
Bermuda Hill is a two-story Greek Revival house built around 1845 near Prairieville in Alabama. The building features a large front porch supported by four columns, symmetrically arranged windows, weatherboard siding, and a log structure enclosed within its walls that dates to the earlier construction methods.
The house was acquired in 1845 by William Weeden after William W. Manning sold the land, though it remains unclear who actually built it. The Manning family were early settlers with land claims from French colonial grants, connecting this structure to Alabama's frontier settlement period.
The alternate name Liver House does not refer to a family: it is a corruption of "l'ivre," a French term tied to the Vine and Olive Colony grants where the Manning family held land. The Mannings were early settlers and planters at Prairieville, and their name remains attached to the property's early history.
Bermuda Hill stands near Prairieville in Hale County, Alabama, and is a private residence rather than a site with regular visiting hours. The house was listed on Alabama's Places in Peril in 2011 and fully restored by new owners in 2013, so the structure is intact but not open to the public. Anyone wishing to see it should arrange contact with the owners in advance.
Bermuda Hill was listed on Alabama's Places in Peril in 2011, then bought by new owners who completed a full restoration in 2013. The property had earlier lost the second-floor balcony beneath its portico, one of several alterations made over the years.
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