Cuba Plantation

Cuba Plantation is a historic plantation property and house in Faunsdale, Alabama. Despite being supplied as a brand subject, the referenced entity is not a commercial brand, consumer product, or operating company; it is a historic site associated with the antebellum plantation economy of the Alabama Canebrake region. The house was built in 1850 by Andrew Pickens Calhoun, a son of John C. Calhoun, who served as the seventh Vice President of the United States. Calhoun established Cuba Plantation as his second slave plantation and constructed the original building for use as an overseer's house. He expanded the property by acquiring approximately 420 acres from William Henry Tayloe, whose father, John Tayloe III, was associated with The Octagon House, also known as Adventure, in Washington, D.C. Calhoun's principal plantation was nearby Tulip Hill. Cuba Plantation changed ownership during the Civil War era. In 1863, it was sold to Tristram Benjamin Bethea, a resident of Montgomery County, Alabama. The structure was initially a one-story building. The Bethea family subsequently enlarged the ground floor and added a second story, giving the property its later architectural form. The site was recognized for its historical significance when Cuba Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1993. The listing was made through the multiple-property submission covering plantation houses of the Alabama Canebrake and their associated outbuildings. Available reference material does not establish a current commercial operator, corporate owner, public-facing website, product portfolio, or active brand program. Its significance is therefore historical and architectural rather than commercial.

Cuba Plantation is a historic house in Faunsdale, Alabama, whose documented history is tied to the plantation landscape of the Alabama Canebrake. The property was developed in the antebellum period by Andrew Pickens Calhoun, the son of John C. Calhoun, a prominent nineteenth-century American political figure and former Vice President of the United States. Calhoun built the house in 1850 as an overseer's residence for Cuba Plantation, described in the available historical account as his second slave plantation. The plantation was enlarged through the acquisition of roughly 420 acres from William Henry Tayloe. Tayloe was the son of John Tayloe III, who was associated with the Washington, D.C., residence known as The Octagon House or Adventure. Calhoun's more important or principal plantation was nearby Tulip Hill, while Cuba Plantation formed part of his wider agricultural holdings. The original Cuba Plantation building was a one-story structure. Ownership passed in 1863 to Tristram Benjamin Bethea, who lived in Montgomery County, Alabama. During the Bethea family's ownership, the house was expanded at ground level and received a second story. These alterations changed the scale and appearance of the original overseer's house while preserving the property as a surviving example of the region's plantation-era domestic and agricultural landscape. Cuba Plantation's historical importance was formally recognized on July 13, 1993, when it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination formed part of the broader multiple-property submission for plantation houses of the Alabama Canebrake and their associated outbuildings. The available material does not identify a current owner, preservation organization, commercial enterprise, operating brand, or public visitor program. Accordingly, Cuba Plantation is best understood as a historic property rather than a conventional brand.

• 1993

  National Register listing

  [1]Cuba Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1993, through a multiple-property submission covering Alabama Canebrake plantation houses and associated outbuildings.

• 1863

  Sale to Tristram Benjamin Bethea

  [1]Cuba Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Cuba Plantation was sold to Tristram Benjamin Bethea, who resided in Montgomery County, Alabama.

• 1850

  Construction of the plantation house

  [1]Cuba Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Andrew Pickens Calhoun built Cuba Plantation as an overseer's house for his second slave plantation.

• Acquisition of additional acreage

  [1]Cuba Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Approximately 420 acres were added to the property through a purchase from William Henry Tayloe.

• Expansion of the house

  [1]Cuba Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The Bethea family enlarged the ground floor and added a second story to the original one-story building.

Historic plantation house and heritage property associated with antebellum Alabama architecture and plantation history.

• 1993

  Cuba Plantation added to the National Register of Historic Places[1]Cuba Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Cuba Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings multiple-property submission.

1. 1Cuba Plantationen.wikipedia.org