Belle Mina | |
 The main house in 1939 | |
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| Location | Belle Mina, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 34°38′41″N 86°52′49″W / 34.64472°N 86.88028°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1826[2] |
| Architectural style | Late Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000164 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 31, 1972 |
Belle Mina, known as Belmina during the 19th century, is a historic forced-labor farm and plantation house in Belle Mina, Alabama, United States.[3] Completed in 1826, the Late Georgian-style house was built for Alabama's second governor, Thomas Bibb.[4]
Originally located at the center of a 2,500-acre (10 km2) agricultural forced-labor complex, the red brick main house is one of the earliest Alabama examples of a stereotypical columned plantation house.[2][5] The house and surrounding 9 acres (3.6 ha) were added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1972.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Robert Gamble (September 2, 2008). "Plantation Architecture in Alabama". The Encyclopedia of Alabama. Auburn University. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ Alabama's Tapestry of Historic Places: An Inventory. Montgomery: Alabama Historical Commission. 1978. p. 99.
- ^ White, Ronnie (May 9, 2007). "Belle Mina is Bibb legacy". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ Hammond, Ralph (1951). Ante-bellum Mansions of Alabama. New York: Architectural Book Publishers. pp. 48–51. ISBN 0-517-02075-0.