The two-story wood-frame house was built between 1832 and 1834 in a vernacular interpretation of Federal style architecture.

[1] It was built for James Asbury Tait by two enslaved African Americans, Hezekiah and Elijah.

Dry Fork is one of the oldest houses still standing in Wilcox County and remains in the Tait family.

[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1999, with the name of Dry Forks Plantation.

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