Under $75K Thursday – Save This Old Circa 1865 Alabama Fixer Upper Under $75K

OHU50K Notes $74,900

Someone please save this circa 1865 historic Alabama fixer upper! Originally owned by a Confederate Army General, the interior of  the home looks like it was in a war, too.

 

Realtor Comments

You can buy a piece of ole southern charm & historyfor only $74, 900! This home is registered with the historical society. Gorgeous 5 bedroom home located in historic downtown selma this home has massive ceilings & trim, gorgeous staircase, heart pine flooring, woodwork galore, grand chandeliers, claw foot tubs, new rooms were addred for whirlpool tubs and huge familyroom. Front and back yard have underground sprinklers. This home needs a little tlc but what a beauty!! This home is registered wih the national historicial society. Plaque is beside the front door.

• 5bed
• 3bath
• 4,668sqft
• 0.23acre lot
• Circa 1900

 

If interested in a property, please contact the realtor whose link is provided in the post below, or contact an agent of your own choosing. Independent verification of details and status is recommended.

307 Lapsley St, Selma, AL, 36701   $74,900

• Contact Realtor: Bryan Welch with Realtynet
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• Niche

 

 

Family History

Built in 1865, this was the home of  General William Joseph Hardee ( 1815-1873). The Confederate Army Lieutenant General was a 1838 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.  He went on to become a distinguished United States Army officer who served in the Mexican conflicts and later a tactics instructor and commandant of cadets at West Point.

At the start of the US Civil War, he resigned his commission as Lieutenant Colonel, to serve in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Appointed first as Colonel of CSA Cavalry, then Brigadier General of the Upper District of Arkansas and promoted Major General commanding the 1st Division, Central Army of Kentucky in December 1861, he was known as “Old Reliable.”  Hardee was promoted Lieutenant General in October 1862 and commanded the Armies of the Department of Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina, until he surrendered his corps on April 26, 1865. After the war he settled on his second wife’s plantation in Alabama before moving to Selma.

 

Hardee  lived in this home with his second wifeMary Foreman Lewis Hardee (1838-1875) and the children from his first marriage, Anna, William and Elizabeth. During his time in Selma, he served as president of the Selma and Meridian Railroad.

He only lived in the home for eight years before his death at age 58 while on vacation in West Virginia.

 

 

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