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Florence, Alabama
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress (Public Domain)
Local tradition at Forks of Cypress says a tall, stately woman is seen in the Jackson family's walled burial ground, and visitors say that kissing the carving on the tallest marker will bring her. The site was the Greek Revival plantation house of the planter and horse breeder James Jackson near Florence, built around 1830 and designed by the architect William Nichols, who also designed the old Alabama capitol in Tuscaloosa. It burned in 1966 after a lightning strike, and its 24 stuccoed columns still stand on the site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A separate cemetery on the plantation holds the people enslaved there, and the history of the place includes their labor.
The ruins are on private property but can be seen from Jackson Road; do not enter the grounds. Confirm current access before walking to the cemeteries, and stay on public roads.
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