The Laura Watson House was a historic house in Gainesville,

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. The one-story, wood frame, spraddle roof house was built for Laura Watson and her son, Booker, circa 1900. It was significant as a surviving example of what was once a typical type of dwelling for small

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

freeholders in Alabama. ''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 v ...

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 Houses in Sumter County, Alabama Houses completed in 1900 {{Alabama-NRHP-stub