Laura Watson House


Laura Watson House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	Epes Rd., Gainesville, Alabama
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Area	less than one acre
Built	1900 (1900)
MPS	Gainesville MRA
NRHP reference No.	85002928^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1985

The Laura Watson House was a historic house in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The one-story, wood frame, spraddle roof house was built for Laura Watson and her son, Booker, circa 1900. It was significant as a surviving example of what was once a typical type of dwelling for small African American freeholders in Alabama.^[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1985.^[1]

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Other properties	Dr. James Alvis Beavers House Coffin Shop Colgin Hill Fort Tombecbe Gibbs House Col. Green G. Mobley House Oakhurst Park and Bandstand Sumter County Courthouse Dr. H. B. Ward House Laura Watson House	Sumter County map
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumter County, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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