Japanese Magnolia provide the early February foreground of the
James M. Calhoun Law Office in Heritage Village. The office is a replica of
U.S.
Senator and Secretary of State John C. Calhoun's law office.
James was John's nephew, and John was a powerful politician from South Carolina
James was John's nephew, and John was a powerful politician from South Carolina
and one of "The Great Triumvirate" in
the 1830s and 1840s.
James became a lawyer and planter in Dallas
County, Alabama,
and served in the state House of Representatives and
Senate.
This one-room, Greek Revival structure was built in the 1830s
and moved here from the little town of Carlowville.
