Woodlane Plantation

Woodlane Plantation is a historic plantation property with a mansion in Eufaula, Alabama, United States. It was established in the 1850s for John W. Raines as an agricultural plantation associated with cotton and tobacco production. The principal mansion was designed in the Greek Revival style and completed in 1852. The property reflects the plantation architecture and agricultural economy of antebellum Alabama, although the available reference material does not provide a complete account of its labor system, later ownership, preservation history, or present-day use. By the 1880s, the property was the home of Reuben Kolb. Woodlane Plantation was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2006. It is therefore best understood as a historic place and architectural landmark rather than as a conventional commercial consumer brand. No current operating company, commercial product portfolio, public listing, or official website is identified in the available sources.

Woodlane Plantation is a historic property in Eufaula, Alabama, centered on a mansion built in the Greek Revival architectural style. The plantation was established in the 1850s for John W. Raines and was connected to the cultivation of cotton and tobacco. Construction of the mansion was completed in 1852, placing the building within the antebellum period, when plantation agriculture shaped the economy and settlement patterns of much of the American South. The available reference material identifies the property’s agricultural associations and architectural style but does not provide detailed information about the people who lived and worked there, the enslaved labor system that supported plantation agriculture before the Civil War, or the property’s Civil War and Reconstruction-era history. By the 1880s, Woodlane Plantation was the home of Reuben Kolb. This later association indicates that the property continued to function as a substantial residence after its initial construction, but the supplied sources do not establish a continuous ownership chronology or describe subsequent alterations to the house and grounds. The mansion’s Greek Revival design is its principal documented architectural characteristic, linking it to a broader nineteenth-century tradition of monumental residential architecture in Alabama. Woodlane Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2006. That designation recognizes the property’s historical and architectural significance within the United States preservation system. The available material does not identify a current owner, preservation organization, visitor program, commercial operation, or official website. Accordingly, Woodlane Plantation should be catalogued primarily as a historic place rather than as an operating brand or business.

• 2006

  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

  [1]Woodlane Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Woodlane Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2006.

• 1880

  Residence of Reuben Kolb

  [1]Woodlane Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  By the 1880s, the plantation was the home of Reuben Kolb.

• 1852

  Mansion completed

  [1]Woodlane Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The Greek Revival mansion at Woodlane Plantation was completed for the property established for John W. Raines.

• 1850

  Plantation established

  [1]Woodlane Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Woodlane Plantation was established in the 1850s as a cotton and tobacco plantation associated with John W. Raines.

A historic plantation property and architectural landmark associated with antebellum Alabama, cotton and tobacco agriculture, and Greek Revival residential design.

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