Belle Mont Traditional Cache
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Built between 1828 and 1832, Belle Mont is a foremost example of Jeffersonian Palladian architecture in the Deep South and one of Alabama's first great plantation houses.
It was built for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia, graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and one of the first large-scale planters and slaveholders in this area. In 1833 this 1,680 acre plantation was sold by Mitchell to another Virginia native, Isaac Winston.
Winston, also a prominent planter and strong supporter of the Confederacy, was the uncle of Alabama's first native-born governor, John Anthony Winston. Belle Mont remained in the hands of Winston heirs until 1941.
In 1983 the house and 33 surrounding acres were donated to the Alabama historical commission.
The mansion is open for tours Thursday through Saturday from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm and on Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. $5 for adults and $3 for children, if anyone is interested.
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