Jenkins Farm and House
29040 Jenkins Farm Rd., Loxley, ALThe Jenkins Family Farm House (c. 1935) is significant as extant example of an American Craftsman style Bungalow in Baldwin County, Alabama. As described in detail below, the simple and utilitarian interior layout and exterior detailing combines into an exemplary example of the period and style in terms of a single-family residence. The house was occupied by Amelia Jenkins after construction and her children during various periods over the next twenty years. Two silos and a barn were constructed on site as part of the farm in c. 1960 and the structures
remain as historically contributing elements on the farm/site today. During the period the house was occupied by Amelia and her children, the farm became a model for success and flourished into the largest grossing African-American farms in Alabama and one of the highest grossing family farms in the United States. The financial success of the Jenkins family, predicated on the success of their farm, is significant for the period of significance, covering the 1950’s and 1960’s. The farm and the Jenkins family garnered national recognition during the period, celebrating the success of an African-American family overcoming pre-Civil Rights conditions in Alabama. The house is currently unoccupied and much of the original Jenkins Farm property has been subdivided amongst descendants.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
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