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Listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, the Lamar Estate Family Home and Statesville School Site comprise a resource located in southwest Autauga County. Contained on the property are the J.P. Lamar Family Home, built circa 1920, and the site of the Statesville School, circa 1927.
The house is a central passage residence, one-story wood frame, side-gabled residence with a center front gable. The structure rests on a foundation of brick piers and concrete blocks. A brick chimney extends off-center above the ridge. The exterior is covered with cement fiber lap siding, and the roof is covered with tin. A hipped roof, wood-floored porch extends across the facade, supported by four square posts resting on brick piers. Replacement windows are small 6/6 and 1/1 metal sashes, shorter than original window openings. The interior features five original rooms, possibly in an ell configuration, flanking either side of a center passage.
The Lamar Estate Family Home and Statesville School Site comprise the remaining structures in the John Pearlie Lamar family estate. J.P. Lamar (1886-1958), a second generation Afro-Autaugan who owned land in the vicinity of the property, acquired the 74 acres in 1919. Here he raised twelve children.
In 1927, one acre of property was given by the family for the Statesville School. It operated as a one-room Afro-Autaugan school from until 1945, when it was consolidated into a larger county school. By virtue of gift, the Lamars and other Afro-Autaugan children of the community were given the opportunity of an education. The current (2001) owner is interested in establishing an Afto-Autaugan Cultural Center on the property.
The Lamar Estate Family Home and Statesville School Site are listed on the Alabama Register as a resource depicting a rare example of an African American family to acquire and maintain property during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
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