Umbria Plantation

Umbria Plantation
Front facade of the main house in 1934
Interactive map of Umbria Plantation
Nearest citySawyerville, Alabama
Coordinates32°44′54″N 87°43′41″W / 32.74847°N 87.72804°W / 32.74847; -87.72804
Built1833–1850s
Demolished1971
Architectural styleGreek Revival

Umbria Plantation, also known as the Samuel Pickens Plantation, was a historic cotton plantation and Greek Revival-style plantation house near what is now Sawyerville, Alabama. The plantation was established by Samuel Pickens, the younger brother of Alabama's third governor, Israel Pickens. The house was an unusual example of a raised basement plantation house built on a U-shaped plan. It was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey during the 1930s. It was destroyed in a fire, December 29, 1971.

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