Dry Fork Plantation

Dry Fork Plantation is a historic plantation house in Coy, Wilcox County, Alabama. It is also identified as the James Asbury Tait House, reflecting its association with James Asbury Tait, for whom the residence was constructed. The building is a two-story wood-frame house dating from approximately 1832 to 1834 and is regarded as one of the oldest surviving houses in Wilcox County. Architecturally, the house is a vernacular interpretation of the Federal style. Its plan is organized around a central hall, with four rooms on each floor arranged two to either side. This layout and the building's restrained exterior reflect the practical adaptation of early nineteenth-century American residential forms in Alabama rather than the work of a named professional architect. Historical records connect the construction to two enslaved African Americans, Hezekiah and Elijah, who built the house for Tait. Tait's daybook recorded substantial quantities of locally processed building materials: approximately 25,000 board feet of lumber, 6,000 wooden shingles for the roof, and 12,000 bricks for the chimneys and foundation. The bricks were made from clay located on the plantation, illustrating the extent to which construction relied on resources and labor available on the property. Dry Fork Plantation remained in the Tait family according to the available historical account. Its significance is therefore tied not to commercial branding or consumer products, but to its architectural survival, association with the Tait family, and evidence of plantation-era building practices and enslaved labor in Alabama. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1999. The National Register listing used the name “Dry Forks Plantation.” As a historic property, Dry Fork Plantation does not operate as a conventional brand, company, retailer, or product line. No verified commercial offerings, corporate ownership structure, public-market listing, official website, or operating markets are identified in the supplied reference material.

Dry Fork Plantation is a historic plantation house located in Coy, in Wilcox County, Alabama. It is also known as the James Asbury Tait House, linking the property to James Asbury Tait, for whom the residence was built. The surviving house dates to the period between 1832 and 1834 and is one of the oldest houses still standing in Wilcox County. The building is a two-story wood-frame residence designed in a vernacular interpretation of the Federal architectural style. Rather than presenting an elaborate formal composition, it uses a practical domestic plan centered on a hall. Four rooms are arranged around this hall, with two rooms on each side of the house on both floors. This arrangement provides the principal organizing feature of the interior and illustrates the adaptation of early nineteenth-century American house forms to local construction traditions. The construction history also documents the role of enslaved labor. Historical information identifies two enslaved African Americans, Hezekiah and Elijah, as the builders who constructed the house for Tait. Tait's daybook provides unusually specific information about the scale of the work. It recorded the use of about 25,000 board feet of lumber, 6,000 wooden shingles for the roof, and 12,000 bricks for the chimneys and foundation. The bricks were produced from clay found on the plantation, indicating that at least some of the building materials were sourced and manufactured locally. The house remained associated with the Tait family. Its continued survival makes it an important example of early nineteenth-century residential architecture in Wilcox County and a physical record of the region's plantation-era history. The property was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1999. The official listing used the variant name Dry Forks Plantation. The available source material does not describe Dry Fork Plantation as a corporation, consumer-facing brand, hospitality business, or producer of goods. Accordingly, there are no verified products, campaigns, executives, financial figures, public-market information, or commercial expansion history to document. Its relevance is primarily architectural and historical, including the preservation of a surviving house and the interpretation of the labor and material systems involved in its construction.

• 1999

  National Register of Historic Places listing

  [1]Dry Fork Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Dry Fork Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1999, under the listing name Dry Forks Plantation.

• 1832

  Construction of the house

  [1]Dry Fork Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  A two-story wood-frame residence was built for James Asbury Tait at Dry Fork Plantation. Historical records attribute the construction to two enslaved African Americans, Hezekiah and Elijah.

A historic Alabama house and cultural heritage property rather than a commercial brand.

1. 1Dry Fork Plantationen.wikipedia.org