Photographs of the historic Franklin King Beck home in 1936, 1937 and today
Alex Bush, Photographer, January 7, 1937 FRONT (SOUTH) – Franklin King Beck House, 312 Clifton Street, Camden, Wilcox County, AL (Library of Congress)
The Franklin King Beck house, also called the Beck-Darwin Home is located at 312 Clifton Road, Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama.
Alex Bush, Photographer, January 7, 1937 EAST END OF REAR – Franklin King Beck House, 312 Clifton Street, Camden, Wilcox County, AL (Library of Congress)
Alex Bush, Photographer, January 7, 1937 FRONT (SOUTH) GENERAL VIEW – Franklin King Beck House, 312 Clifton Street, Camden, Wilcox County, AL (Library of Congress)
The date of construction is believed to have been built ca. 1832 and is one of the few homes in Wilcox County exemplifying the T-plan. It is an excellent example of a Greek Revival Cottage.
E. W. Russell, Photographer June 16, 1936 DOOR AND WINDOW TREATMENT ON EAST END OF FRONT PORCH – Franklin King Beck House, Wilcox County, AL
E. W. Russell, Photographer, June 16, 1936 VIEW OF WEST END OF FRONT PORCH – Franklin King Beck House (Library of Congress)
The home was owned by Franklin King Beck, the nephew of William Rufus King. Franklin King Beck was married to Martha Tait, daughter of James Asbury Tait and the grand-daughter of Judge Charles Tait, the first Federal Judge of Alabama.
Alex Bush, Photographer, August 31, 1936 VIEW IN PARLOR (SO. AND EAST WALLS) (Library of Congress)
Alex Bush, Photographer, August 31, 1936 VIEW IN SOUTH EAST CORNER OF BED ROOM SHOWING DOOR AND PART OF MANTEL (Library of Congress)
Alex Bush, Photographer, August 31, 1936 DOORS IN SO. AND EAST WALLS IN BED ROOM – Franklin King Beck House (Library of Congress)
Franklin King Beck was a delegate to the Alabama Secession Convention and a Colonel during the War.
E. W. Russell, Photographer, June 16, 1936, CLOSE-UP OF FRONT (SOUTH) – Franklin King Beck House
He died near the end of the war when a cannon ball struck the limb of a tree, and glancing downward passed through Col. Beck’s thigh and killed his horse. He survived this wound but a few moments.
Alex Bush, Photographer, January 7, 1937 FRONT (SOUTH) GENERAL VIEW – Franklin King Beck House, 312 Clifton Street, Camden, Wilcox County, AL (Library of Congress)
The home is privately owned this is what the Beck-Darwin-Jones Home looks like today (Wilcox Area Chamber of Commerce)
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