Orrell House
a.k.a. Burnette House
CR 6, Bon Secour, ALThe lands along the Bon Secour River proved profitable for farming, naval stores and lumber operations. One late 19th century settler to take advantage of the rich timber and farming opportunities was William R. Orrell. Orrell bought several hundred acres in the Thomas Johnson Tract, bordered on the west by Emanual's Bayou and by 1880 besides farming had one of his nephews employed chopping logs.
Orrell died in 1893 and his estate was divided among his widow and children. Son William A. Orrell obtained a lot 360 feet by 728 feet which fronted on Oak Road, now County Road 6, and erected a small Gulf Coast Cottage around the turn of the century. Willaim A. Orrell worked as a machinist in a local sawmill and lived in the house with his wife and four daughters. Orrell continued to reside at this location until he sold the house and lot in 1969 to Wayburn Burnette, the present owner.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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