NW jct. of Cherry St. and First Ave., Plantersville, Alabama. County/parish: Dallas.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 29, 1987. NRIS 86003661.
Part of Plantersville MRA (NRIS 64000018).
1 contributing building.
The Driskell–Martin House is a historic house in Plantersville, Dallas County, Alabama, United States. It is the oldest surviving high style residence in the community. The two-story wood-frame house was built for Thomas Sanford Driskell, a planter and a merchant from Virginia, in 1850. The builders were Nelson Mitchell and Massena Godwin. The house was used as a Union headquarters during the American Civil War. Their forces occupied it during Wilson's Raid through Alabama in April 1865. The house remained in the Driskell family until purchased by Dr. Thomas Munroe Martin in 1915.
The Greek Revival-style structure is five bays wide, with a two-story pedimented portico spanning the three center bays. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1987, as a part of the Plantersville Multiple Resource Area.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835049