Rowan House - Leeds, Alabama
N 33° 31.489 W 086° 34.671
16S E 539200 N 3709550
This marker is located at an old stagecoach stop along the centuries-old Ashville-Montevallo Road in Central Alabama.
Waymark Code: WM28JT
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2007
Views: 122
Thomas Rowan, son of Irish immigrants who settled in St. Clair County, Alabama, purchased his first 130 acres at auction and built a house here by c.1854 that probably forms the core of the two northeast rooms. Heir John Thomas Rowan and his wife, Ada Scott Rowan, enlarged the house to its present turn-of-the-century farmhouse form about 1904. The Rowans were prominent farmers and landowners in the Cahaba Valley for three generations, at one time owning much of the land on this section of the Ashville-Montevallo Road. The last family member to live in the house died in 1979, after which the property declined. In 1998 builder Charles Kessler Jr. purchased the property to develop Woodruff Farms. The Leeds Historical Society convinced Kessler to donate the lot to the Society. Volunteer workers restored the badly deteriorated house. It was dedicated to the people of the community in April 2000. Location: Jefferson County
Marker Name: Rowan House
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
The Rowan House is managed by the Leeds Historical Society and is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
Marker Number: 275
Date Dedicated / Placed: Not listed
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