John Coleman House, Historic plantation house in Eutaw, Alabama.
The John Coleman House, also called Grassdale, is a two-story wood-frame I-house in Eutaw, Alabama, built by John Coleman of Edgefield, South Carolina, on land he settled in 1819. The plantation house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now used as a hunting lodge.
John Coleman, a native of Edgefield, South Carolina, built the two-story wood-frame house on land he settled in 1819. The 1840 census of Greene County recorded him holding 75 slaves. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 1982, as part of the Antebellum Homes in Eutaw Thematic Resource, cited for its architectural significance.
The cemetery near the house holds the graves of Coleman family members and of many enslaved people, a burial ground tied to the plantation that John Coleman ran with 75 slaves recorded in the 1840 Greene County census. The name Grassdale is the house's other name.
The house stands in Eutaw, Greene County, and is in use as a hunting lodge, so it is not open to the public as a museum. Visitors view the two-story wood-frame exterior and the family cemetery near the house from the road. There is no set visiting season; the grounds are private working land.
The house is part of a broader documented collection of antebellum homes in Eutaw known as the Antebellum Homes in Eutaw Thematic Resource. This grouping lets visitors explore multiple buildings from this period and understand the architectural trends of the early 1800s.
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