COLBERT COUNTY-Belle Mont Mansion will once again be the setting for “A Plantation Christmas,” on Sunday, December 6, 1-5 p.m. The public is invited!
The annual event will feature traditional decorations of fresh greenery and fruit. Vocalists and musicians will present period music and dancers will perform vintage ballroom dance at intervals throughout the afternoon. Costumed docents will be on hand to share the history of the house and to serve refreshments. Hours are 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. and cost of admission to the mansion (at the door only) is $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for children (6-12 years). Children under six are admitted free with their families. Proceeds benefit Belle Mont and local historic preservation projects.
Belle Mont, owned and operated by the Alabama Historical Commission, is one of only five state-owned historic homes. It was a gift in 1983 to the State by members of the local Fennel family. Over the last several years, it has been stabilized and much of the building has been restored. It is furnished with period antiques from the Tennessee Valley and a number of portraits and other articles original to the Isaac Winston family, who once owned the plantation. Belle Mont is considered one of the state’s finest examples of Jeffersonian Palladian architecture in the young Republic. It was built in 1828 by Dr. Alexander Mitchell.
Belle Mont is located ¼ mile west of U.S. Hwy. 43 S. on County Rd. 53 (Cook Lane). This is about 3 miles south of the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 43 with U.S. Hwy. 72. The address is 1569 Cook Lane, Tuscumbia. Parking will be along the roadside, with shuttle service to the mansion.
For more information contact Colbert County Tourism & Convention Bureau at
256-383-0783. You may also call Belle Mont at 256-381-5052.
