Featuring a unique combination of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles, it was completed in 1842 for Wesley Plattenburg.

He became a successful merchant and served on the city council of Selma for many years.

[3] The house was once at the center of a 2,200-acre (890 ha) plantation that Plattenburg inherited from a close friend, Mr. Wood, upon his death.

[3] The house is one of the few structures remaining in the city that is identifiable on a map of the Battle of Selma.

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