The Kerby House, also known as the Randolph Plantation, is a historic

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 ...

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 ...

in Prairieville,

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, United States This area of Hale County was included in

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before the creation of Hale in 1867. The Kerby House was built in 1850 by the Randolph family. The main block is a one-story structure with a five-

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facade. A one-story wing joins the main block on the eastern side. The central bay is covered by a

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ed portico, supported by four simple box columns. The entrance door surround is in the Greek Revival-style. It 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. The property was added to the

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on July 7, 1994, due to its architectural and historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places in Hale County, Alabama Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Houses completed in 1850 Plantation houses in Alabama Houses in Hale County, Alabama Historic districts in Hale County, Alabama Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama {{Alabama-plantation-stub