Wesley Plattenburg House, Selma

Name: Wesley Plattenburg House
Address: Selma, United States

#16 among attractions in Selma

Greek Revival architecture

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The 'Wesley Plattenburg House is a historic house in Selma, Alabama. Featuring a unique combination of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles, it was completed in 1842 for Wesley Plattenburg. Plattenburg was born on April 13, 1803, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He had relocated to Selma and had assumed the occupation of tailor by 1829. He became a successful merchant and served on the city council of Selma for many years. ()

Built: 1842 (182 years ago)Architectural style: Renaissance revivalCoordinates: 32°24'50"N, 87°1'20"W

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Wesley Plattenburg House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Sturdivant Hall, Edmund Pettus Bridge, National Voting Rights Museum.

0.6 miS
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Selma
17 min walk • The Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, also known by a variety of other names throughout its history, is a historic Greek Revival building in Selma, Alabama. Completed in 1847, it has served many functions in the more than 160 years of its existence.
0.4 miW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Sturdivant Hall, Selma
11 min walk • Sturdivant Hall, also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman Home, is a historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum in Selma, Alabama, United States. Completed in 1856, it was designed by Thomas Helm Lee for Colonel Edward T. Watts.
0.7 miS
Famous landmark in civil rights history
Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma
18 min walk • The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.
0.8 miS
Museum, History museum
National Voting Rights Museum, Selma
22 min walk • The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the events leading up to...
0.9 miSW
Cemetery
Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma
23 min walk • Old Live Oak Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Selma, Alabama that was founded in 1829 and expanded in 1877. The newer portion is sometimes called New Live Oak Cemetery and the cemetery is collectively known as Live Oak Cemetery.
~1800 ftS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma
9 min walk • St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic red brick Gothic Revival church located at 210 Lauderdale Street in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States.
~1300 ftE
Church
First Baptist Church, Selma
7 min walk • First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in Selma, Alabama. A historically African American Baptist church, it was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1894 and known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement.
~1870 ftE
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, Selma
10 min walk • Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Selma, Alabama, United States.
1.2 miN
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0.6 miSE
32°24'31"N • 87°0'50"W
Old Depot Museum, Selma
16 min walk • Museum, History museum
0.6 miSE
32°24'28"N • 87°0'57"W
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Nearby attractions include First Baptist Church, Selma (7 min walk), Old Town Historic District, Selma (8 min walk), John Tyler Morgan House, Selma (8 min walk), St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma (9 min walk).