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On December 19, 2009 we left Calhoun for Sulligent, Alabama. This is my lovely wife’s hometown. Sulligent is a small town in the west Alabama county of Lamar. This is also the historic region in which my mother’s family anchored their roots. The Odgen House cannot help but be noticed as one drives through Sulligent on US Highway 17. It once served as the town library, but today it appears to be headed down that path that has claimed so many of the old structures that make up our historic landscape.
Location:
N 33º 54.000 W 088 º 07.987
Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama
The Ogden House
Built in 1888, this was the first house constructed within the original city limits of Sulligent after incorporation. It was the family home of William W. and Tallulah Henson Ogden. One of the founders and chief promoters of Sulligent, Mr. Ogden was a merchant, banker, planter, Mayor of Sulligent 1919-1921 and a member of the Alabama House of Representatives 1931-1934. Leila Ogden, daughter of the builder, presented this house to the town of Sulligent in 1975.
Date Visited and/or Photographed: 12/20/09
1 comment:
Thank you for posting the GPS coordinates. It is so helpful especially when so many other sites just show the building but no location or street.
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