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Alabama

AL-66

THE TENANT FAMILY
Mr. & Mrs. "Bull" Elliott
and family.
Address: Lowndesboro, Ala.
Main Street.
The ante-bellum couple
Mr. & Mrs. Holly (deceased)

"HOLLY HOUSE."

{handwritten} By Marie Reese Lowndesboro

The Holly House is one of the earliest evidences
of civilization in the rim of Lowndesboro, Alabama.
Its simple yet austere architecture and the dimming
effect of the passing years make it look as old as
Plymouth Rock. The house is a cottage, two large rooms
forming the main part, a "lean to" (which comprises shed
rooms) to the rear and a hall running through the house
with a "doubtful" porch forming the frontage to com-
prise the entire unit.

Nature has beautified the background of the small
cottage but of late years, residents have neglected it.
It is approached by a trodden footpath which passes
between many crepe myrtle bushes. One or two old trees
that waved as saplings over the heads of the Indians,
are near the approach.

The time-worn cottage recalls many interesting
memories. In pre-war history it was the "nest" built
for a bonny bride of 1860. Today history opens at another
page. It houses a tenant farmer family, who in in-
teresting, deserving and pleasant, but are a different
class of people to those who reside in the proud old
town, and like to recall that their forbears originated
the old schools and churches whose mouldering structures
still stand and the cultural atmosphere that nothing can

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