Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama)

Battersea is a historic plantation house in Prairieville, Alabama. The house was built from 1820 to 1845 by the Vaughan family from Petersburg, Virginia and served as an early stagecoach stop.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on July 7, 1994, as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.[1][3]

Battersea
Battersea in 2008
Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama) is located in Alabama
Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama)
Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama) is located in the United States
Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama)
Nearest cityPrairieville, Alabama
Coordinates32°30′37″N 87°42′11″W
Built1845
Architectural stylemid-19th Century Revival
MPSPlantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission
NRHP reference No.94000698[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1994

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Marengo County Heritage Book Committee (2000). The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants. p. 14. ISBN 1-891647-58-X.
  3. Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2 December 2008.


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