Ashe Cottage - Demopolis, Alabama
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Assisted by: Groundspeak Regular Member SecurB
N 32° 31.156 W 087° 50.408
16S E 421094 N 3598305
Historic Carpenter Gothic styled house in Demopolis, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WM7PY7
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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 Ashe Cottage - Demopolis, Alabama - posted by SecurB

"Ashe Cottage, also known as the Ely House, is a historic Carpenter Gothic house in Demopolis, Alabama. It was built in 1832 and expanded and remodeled in the Gothic Revival style in 1858 by William Cincinnatus Ashe, a physician from North Carolina. The cottage is a one-and-a-half story wood frame building, the front elevation features two semi-octagonal gabled front bays with a one-story porch inset between them. The gables and porch are trimmed with bargeboards in a design taken from Samuel Sloan's plan for "An Old English Cottage" in his 1852 publication, The Model Architect. The house is one of only about twenty remaining residential examples of Gothic Revival architecture remaining in the state. Other historic Gothic Revival residences in the area include Waldwic in Gallion and Fairhope Plantation in Uniontown. Ashe Cottage was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on August 22, 1975 and to the National Register of Historic Places on 19 October 1978." - Wikipedia
Street address:
307 N. Commissioners Ave
Demopolis, Alabama


County / Borough / Parish: Marengo

Year listed: 1978

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1850 - 1874

Historic function: Domestic

Current function: Domestic

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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