Patterson Log Cabin

Patterson Log Cabin
Street address: 

355 Sims Ave.
Tallassee, AL 36078

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Phone: 
334-252-0513
Schedule: 
Call for tour appts.
Mailing: 

c/o Talisi Historical Society, P.O. Box 780022
Tallassee, AL 36078

Admission: 
Free

2-room cabin with big stone chimneys and dogtrot hallway is oldest dwelling in Tallassee. Cabin was center for education before formal schools were established in area.

The oldest house in East Tallassee/Carrville. This pioneer dog trot log dwelling was constructed of notched hand-hewn timbers. It was built by the son of Archibald Patterson (1786-1857) a pioneer family from North Carolina. This cabin and 8 other scenes will be on the cotton throws we will soon have to sell. The cabin was bought and restored by the Tallassee Historical Society.

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