Rosemount is a historic plantation house near Forkland, Alabama, United States. The Greek Revival style house was built in stages between 1832 and the 1850s by the Glover family. The house has been ca
The front (south) elevation of Rosemount in 1934
William Nichols (architect)
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William Nichols, Sr. was an English-born architect who emigrated to the United States and became most famous for his early Neoclassical-style buildings in the American South. He designed statehouses f
Rosemount (Forkland, Alabama)
…3,000-acre (1,200 ha) property to his son, Williamson Allen Glover, in the early 1830s. The main block of the house, designed in 1832 by state architect, William Nichols, is centered on a prominent star-shaped hill. This main block, with three floors and a mezzanine, was built in 1835. Williamson Allen Glover continued…
Old Mississippi State Capitol building in 2010
Hayes Plantation House, completed in 1817 in Edenton, North Carolina.
The Old Alabama State Capitol building in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Completed during the late-1820s and destroyed in 1923. Stabilized ruins of the central rotunda and architectural fragments remain in situ.
The Mississippi Governors Mansion, completed in 1839. Still used for its intended purpose.