Long Family - Nimrod Long House - Hurtsboro, AL
Posted by: 
hoteltwo
N 32° 14.416 W 085° 24.715
16S E 649618 N 3568174
Marker outlines the history of the home of Nimrod Long in Hurtsboro, Alabama. The Long house burned to the ground in 2012.
Waymark Code: WMJ9Y6
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2013
Views: 2
Inscription:
Nimrod Washington Long moved to Alabama from Georgia in the 1830s. A planter, mill owner and state legislator, he had real estate and railroad interests in Russell County. This house was the plantation home of Nimrod Washington Long in Spring Hill, Barbour County. In 1875, his son, Nimrod William Ezekiel Long(1834-1923), had the house dismantled, the pieces numbered, transported by ox cart and reassembled on this site. Nimrod William Ezekiel Long was a civil engineer, Confederate veteran, planter and merchant who lived here until his death. The house is an example of Greek Revival architecture.
Marker Name: Long Family-Nimrod Long House
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by The Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Descendants of Nimrod Washington Long.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2002
Marker Number: Not Listed
|
Visit Instructions:
Please post a photo of you OR your GPS at the marker location. Also if you know of any additional links not already mentioned about this bit of Alabama history please include that in your log.