Editing Demopolis, Alabama (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Historic sites===
[[File:Laird Cottage in Demopolis.JPG|thumb|Laird Cottage in 2011, built in 1870.]]
[[Gaineswood]] is an antebellum [[historic house museum]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and is a listed [[List of National Historic Landmarks by state#Alabama|National Historic Landmark]].  It was built between 1843 and 1861 in an asymmetrical [[Greek Revival]] style. It features domed ceilings, ornate plasterwork, columned rooms, and most of its original furnishings.  Gaineswood is owned and operated by the [[Alabama Historical Commission]].<ref name="Gaineswood">{{cite web|title=Gaineswood |publisher=Alabama Historical Commission |url=http://www.preserveala.org/gaineswood.aspx?sm=g_i |access-date=January 23, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827014433/http://www.preserveala.org/gaineswood.aspx?sm=g_i |archive-date=August 27, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Bluff Hall]] is an antebellum [[historic house museum]] on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1832 in the [[Federal style]] and modified in the 1840s to reflect the Greek Revival style. It is owned and operated by the Marengo County Historical Society.<ref>{{harvp|Marengo County Heritage Book Committee|2000|p= 15}}.</ref>

[[Laird Cottage]] is a restored 1870 residence with a mix of the Greek Revival and [[Italianate]] styles. It currently serves as the headquarters of the Marengo County Historical Society and also houses history exhibits and the works of [[Geneva Mercer]], a Marengo County native who gained fame as an artist and sculptor. She served as an intern to [[Giuseppe Moretti]], the sculptor who created [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham's]] monumental ''[[Vulcan statue|Vulcan]]''. Following her internship, she lived and worked with Moretti and his wife until his death.<ref name="Moretti">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Giuseppe Moretti |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Alabama |publisher=Auburn University |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1600 |access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref>

Other historic sites in Demopolis include [[White Bluff (Demopolis, Alabama)|White Bluff]], the [[Demopolis Historic Business District]], [[Demopolis Town Square]], [[Lyon Hall (Demopolis, Alabama)|Lyon Hall]], [[Ashe Cottage]], the [[Curtis House (Demopolis, Alabama)|Curtis House]], the [[Glover Mausoleum]], and the [[Foscue-Whitfield House]].<ref name="NRHP">{{cite web|title=Alabama: Marengo County |work=National Register of Historic Places |url=http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/al/marengo/state.html |access-date=January 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028025319/http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/al/marengo/state.html |archive-date=October 28, 2007}}</ref>