Old Rock House (Harpersville, Alabama)

Old Rock House
Location 1 mile southeast of Harpersville at the end of a farm lane on the northern side of U.S. Route 280
Coordinates 33°19′49″N 86°24′27″W / 33.33028°N 86.40750°W / 33.33028; -86.40750Coordinates: 33°19′49″N 86°24′27″W / 33.33028°N 86.40750°W / 33.33028; -86.40750
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1835 (1835)
Architectural style Late Georgian, Early Republic
NRHP Reference # 06000182[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 29, 2006
Designated ARLH December 4, 1992

The Old Rock House is a historic house in Harpersville, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2006. It is located 1 mile southeast of Harpersville at the end of a farm lane on the northern side of U.S. Route 280. The house is built of local grey granite and limestone.[2] The house was previously listed on the Historic American Buildings Survey.[3] The Old Rock House is the only surviving example of an early stone dwelling in Alabama.[4]

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  1. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Old Rock House" (PDF). Department of the Interior. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "1. Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, May 11, 1935 FRONT (S) AND EAST SIDE - The Rock House, U.S. Route 280 (State Route 38), Harpersville, Shelby County, AL". Loc.gov. 1935-05-11. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  4. ↑ Gamble, Robert (Spring 2004). "The Old Rock House". Alabama Heritage (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama).


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