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Ashe Cottage - Demopolis, Alabama

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16S E 421094 N 3598305

Quick Description: Historic Carpenter Gothic styled house in Demopolis, Alabama.

Long Description:
"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

Public/Private: Private Tours Available?: No Year Built: Orginally built 1832 remodeled 1858 Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashe_Cottage

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