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The Borden Oaks is a historic plantation and district in Greensboro, Alabama. It was originally known as the Locust Lawn, established by John Scott Gray and wife, Martha Thompson Cocke Gray. The main house was finished in 1835, the same year that Gray died.

After 10 years, Martha Thompson Cocke Gray remarried. They then renamed the Locust Lawn to Borden Oaks in 1845, after Gray tied the knot with Richard Benjamin Borden, a North Carolina widower.

The main house of Borden Oaks is historically significant for its architecture. It was built in the Federal style, with some of its elements, particularly the ones found in the front fa?ade, fashioned after the design of Asher Benjamin, lifted on his publication titled ?The Practice of Architecture?. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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