NRHP Reference # 76002259 Opened 1850 Added to NRHP 8 December 1976 | Built 1850 Designated NHL December 8, 1976 Area 21 ha | |
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Address 31 Georgia 85, Clayton, AL 36016, USA Similar Waterville USA, Point Mallard Park, Alabama Splash Adventure, Birmingham Zoo, Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo | ||
Henry D. Clayton House, in Clayton, Alabama, was the birthplace and childhood home of Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr., a legislator and judge. Clayton came to prominence while serving in the U.S. Congress as the author of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914. This act that prohibited particular types of conduct that were deemed to not be in the best interest of a competitive market. He was appointed as a Federal District Judge in 1914, where he became recognized as an advocate for judicial reform.
The plantation house was originally built by his father, Confederate General Henry DeLamar Clayton, Sr.. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
It is located 1 mile south of Clayton, off Alabama Bypass 30.
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