Boligee Hill, plantation house near Boligee, Greene County, Alabama, US
Boligee Hill, now called Myrtle Hill, is a restored plantation house near Boligee in Greene County, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was built in 1840 and restored in 2007 by the Beeker family, who gave it its current name.
The site was originally established by John David Means, a physician from South Carolina, who built a large estate around 1840. It was later known as Myrtle Hall under the Hays family and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The site is free to explore and has no entrance fees, but offers no visitor centers or developed facilities. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes, bring water, and be prepared to walk across uneven ground without marked paths.
The house was built in 1840 and restored in 2007 by the Beeker family, who renamed it Myrtle Hill. The Hays family had called it Myrtle Hall after the sweet myrtle growing around it. The 1850 Greene County census recorded 110 enslaved people held by Dr. John David Means.
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