The Augusta Sledge House, also known as the Morrisette-Tunstall-Sledge House, was a historic

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and e ...

and

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

near Newbern,

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, USA. The main house was built in 1855 and is an example of the cottage orné style, which was at the height of its popularity in the mid-19th century. The property is included in the

Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission The Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission is a multiple property submission of properties that were together listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The multiple prope ...

. NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 March 2008. It was added to the

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on July 7, 1994, due to its architectural and historical significance. It was razed circa 2010.

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National Register of Historic Places in Hale County, Alabama Historic districts in Hale County, Alabama Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Houses completed in 1855 Plantation houses in Alabama Demolished buildings and structures in Alabama Houses in Hale County, Alabama Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Buildings and structures demolished in 2010 {{Alabama-plantation-stub