Click image to enlarge. Only ninety-three years after its completion, the Plattenburg House was grand enough to be recorded by the 1935 Historic American Building Survey. Built in 1842, the rare raised cottage with Greek Revival and Italianate details served as the center of Wesley Plattenburg’s plantation. It is one of the few structures shown on the map of the Battle of Selma. The city grew up around the house, which is all that remains of Plattenburg’s twenty-two-hundred-acre plantation. The cottage’s charms have attracted many fans and helpers. The Alabama Historical Commission, local preservation groups, and volunteers have given time and money to stabilize it. With a loving owner, it could once again be as beguiling as any showplace in Selma.
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