Thomas A. Snellgrove Homestead

Historic house in Alabama, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Thomas A. Snellgrove Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage

The house in November 2017
34°11′57″N 86°9′34″W / 34.19917°N 86.15944°W / 34.19917; -86.15944
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1900 (1900)
Architect	Thomas A. Snellgrove
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	96000167^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1996
Designated ARLH	June 30, 1995^[2]

The Thomas A. Snellgrove Homestead (also known as the Snellgrove-Sparks Homestead) is a group of three historic residences and their outbuildings in Boaz, Alabama. The houses are the last remnants of the plantation settled by Billy Sparks in 1878. Sparks was one of the first white settlers in what is now Boaz. In 1886 the community was granted a post office and assumed its current name. Thomas A. Snellgrove married one of Sparks' granddaughters in 1895, and purchased the remnants of the plantation in 1898, one year after the town was incorporated.

Snellgrove built a two-story, Greek Revival house in 1900. The house has many vernacular features, including a two-level, full-width front porch. A one-story, gable roofed tenant's house was built behind the main house in 1915. In 1938, Snellgrove built an English-inspired cottage, with a large shed roofed dormer, for his daughter.^[3] The houses were listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1995 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage" (PDF). preserveala.org. Alabama Historical Commission. February 24, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
^ King, Pamela Sterne (July 14, 1995). "Thomas A. Snellgrove Homestead". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014.