Click image to enlarge. Sitting on a hill overlooking the old Prairieville to Greensboro Road, Bermuda Hill is a product of an era when ambitious men believed the road to riches ran through fluffy white rows of cotton. The house sits upon land originally owned by the prominent Manning family, but in 1845 William W. Manning sold the tract of land to William Weeden of Madison County. Th e home was built around this time, though records do not indicate whether Manning or Weeden built Bermuda Hill.
Regardless of who built the house, the structure reflects the refined taste and wealth of its early owners. Threatened by neglect and deferred maintenance, the home features a significant example of a Canebrake plantation house based on the I-house form. Some scholars, however, believe the grounds surrounding Bermuda Hill contain subsurface remains and merit further exploration through an archaeological survey.
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