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Hayes-Morton House
History
Wilson Hayes built this typical farmhouse for his wife and six children just south of Six Mile around 1900. After moving to Oklahoma about 1915, he left the house to his daughter Ollie and her husband Levert Rotenberry, who lived there until 1928. From 1928 to 1960, several families occupied the home, including the Owens, Reese Eady, and R. C. Moore. In 1960, Levert Rotenberry’s nephew, W. R. Rotenberry, and his wife Julia bought the house and used it for weekends and vacations until 1983, when they sold it to Kermit Stephens, who later donated it to Brierfield Ironworks Park. In July 1986, Hendrix Brothers Movers of Tuscaloosa County cut the house into three pieces and moved it to its present location. After standing idle for nearly two decades, the house was fully restored in 2005-2006 with funds raised by the family and friends of Steve P. Morton, a longtime supporter of Brierfield Ironworks Park and the surrounding community.
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