Colgin Hill is a historic house in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The one-story structure began as a log

dogtrot house The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some theories place its origins in the southern Appalac ...

for William Colgin in 1832. The breezeway was enclosed, creating a center hall, and

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

details added within a couple of decades of the initial construction. It serves as an example of the transition in Alabama from the frontier to a more refined society. Historians consider it to be the oldest extant building in Gainesville. ''See also:'' It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

on October 3, 1985.

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National Register of Historic Places in Sumter County, Alabama Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Dogtrot architecture in Alabama Greek Revival houses in Alabama Houses completed in 1832 Houses in Sumter County, Alabama {{Alabama-NRHP-stub