The Crocheron Columns

The Crocheron Columns (HMF4E)

Location: Orrville, AL 36767 Dallas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 19.164', W 87° 5.706'

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The Crocherons were from Staten Island, New York. Richard Conner Crocheron arrived in town about 1837 to help run the family store.

He traveled north for his bride in 1843 after building her this brick home. The back wall adjoined the brick store that had been built by his uncles 20 years earlier. The front porch had a magnificent view of two rivers. The columns you see today were once part of a side portico.

The family owned a line of ocean-going steamers and they escaped the summer heat by returning north each year. When his wife died in 1850, R. C. was heart-broken. He sold his property, freed his slaves, and returned to New York with his three little children.
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HM NumberHMF4E
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Placed ByAlabama Historical Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 at 12:24am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 491048 N 3575843
Decimal Degrees32.31940000, -87.09510000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 19.164', W 87° 5.706'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 19' 9.84" N, 87° 5' 42.36" W
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Area Code(s)334
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 245 2nd St N, Orrville AL 36767, US
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