Alabama - De Kalb County
De Kalb County Alabama has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Alabama Great Southern Railroad Passenger Depot, Fort Payne Opera House and Mentone Springs Hotel, Alabama Builder's Hardware Manufacturing Company Complex (Boundary Increase) and Alabama Builders' Hardware Manufacturing Company.

The famous person Charles Gideon Kershaw is associated with one of more of the De Kalb County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the De Kalb County places including Charles C. Taylor, Sirrine,J.E. and & Co.. Prominent architectural styles found in De Kalb Country are Colonial Revival, Late Victorian and Queen Anne.

Alabama Builder's Hardware Manufacturing Company Complex (Boundary Increase) (added 1992 - - #92000637)
Also known as W.B. Davis Hosiery Mill and Annex
203--204 8th St., NE. , Fort Payne
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
Alabama Builders' Hardware Manufacturing Company (added 1986 - - #86000999)
Also known as W. B. Davis Hosiery Mill;See Also:Alabama Builders' Hardware
204 Eighth St. NE , Fort Payne
Mary Sievert, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Passenger Depot (added 1971 - - #71001070)
NE 5th St. , Fort Payne
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
More Information:
Cherokee Plantation (added 1984 - - #84000384)
100 Cherokee Dr. N. E. , Fort Payne
Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Kershaw,Charles Gideon
Significant Year:
1914, 1931, 1820
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Collinsville Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000181)
Valley Ave., Main St. and Grand Ave. , Collinsville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Public Works, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Public Works, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater
More Information:
Fort Payne Boom Town Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000308)
Also known as See Also:Alabama Great Southern Railroad Depo;Fort Payne Ope
Roughly Gault St. from 4th St. NE. to 6th St. NE. , Fort Payne
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Park, Rail-Related, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Park, Specialty Store, Theater
More Information:
Fort Payne Main Street Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000307)
Roughly Gault Ave. from 2nd St. NE. to 2nd St. NW. , Fort Payne
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Moderne
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Specialty Store
More Information:
Fort Payne Opera House (added 1970 - - #74002262)
510 Gault Ave. N , Fort Payne
Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Music Facility, Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Fort Payne Residential Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000444)
Roughly bounded by Forrest Ave. and Elm St., Fifth St. NW, Grand and Alabama Aves., and Fourth St. SW and Second St. NW , Fort Payne
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Gorman, Dr. J. A., House (added 1996 - - #96000045)
Also known as The Hanging Cottage;The Hanging Rock Cottage;Cantrell House
Lookout St. , Mentone
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Larmore, Vance C., House (added 2004 - - #04000232)
810 Cty Rd. 606 , Hammondville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Mentone Springs Hotel (added 1983 - - #83003445)
Also known as The Mentone Hotel
AL 117 , Mentone
Raegan A., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Winston Place (added 1987 - - #87000476)
Off AL 117 , Valley Head
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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