Magee Farm

The Magee Farm, also known as the Jacob Magee House, is a historic residence in Kushla, Alabama, United States. Built by Jacob Magee in 1848, the ​1 1⁄2-story wood-frame structure is an example of the Gulf Coast Cottage style. The house is best known as the site of preliminary arrangements for the surrender of the last Confederate States Army east of the Mississippi River. Confederate General Richard Taylor negotiated a ceasefire with Union General Edward Canby at the house on April 29, 1865. Taylor's forces, comprising 47,000 Confederate troops serving in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, were the last remaining Confederate force east of the Mississippi River.[1][3] The Magee Farm was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 1988.[2] In 2004, partially through the efforts of the Civil War Trust, a division of the American Battlefield Trust, which helped save 12.6 acres of the farm, the house was opened as a museum. It ceased operation as a museum in 2010, due to a lack of public support and declining revenues, and was listed for sale. It was then listed on the Alabama Historical Commission's Places in Peril listing for 2010.[1][4][5][6]

Jacob Magee House
Jacob Magee House in 2010
Nearest cityKushla, Alabama
Coordinates30°49′20″N 88°9′48″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1848[1]
Architectural styleGulf Coast Cottage
NRHP reference No.88000112[2]
Added to NRHPFebruary 12, 1988

See also

References
  1. "Places in Peril" (PDF). Preservation Report. Alabama Historical Commission. 37 (5): 8. July–August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. Brendan Kirby (9 February 2010). "Spanish Fort park director offers to save Confederate landmark by moving it". Press-Register.
  4. Michelle Matthews (September 10, 2014). "Ben George surrenders, sells off most of the antiques from historic Magee Farm". AL.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  5. Ellis Metz (March 2013). "Losing the Last Appomattox". Mobile Bay Magazine. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  6. Land Saved by the American Battlefield Trust, accessed May 18, 2018.


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