Plowman Home

ESTABLISHED

1857

ALSO KNOWN AS

Plowman-Elliot Home
Plowman-Heacock House

ADDRESS

511 East St S

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THE HOME

1857; Greek Revival, 2 stories, frame, central Doric portico, recessed wings (HABS)

This Doric Greek Revival mansion was constructed for Captain Albert Plowman who married Idora McClellan, daughter of General William B McClellan. The family moved to Talladega in 1833, immediately after the founding of the town. George Plowman was elected mayor of Talladega and served as a member of the Alabama Legislature. Idora McClellan Plowman became a national published writer of plantation life stories under the pen name of Betsy Hamilton. Ralph Hammond, author of Ante-Bellum Mansions of Alabama call this "Talladega's most beautiful Doric-colonaded mansion".