From Mobile-Take U.S. Highway 43 North through Jackson, Thomasville, and Linden into Demopolis. Turn left at the first traffic light you come to, onto U.S. Highway 80 West, a six-lane divided highway.  Proceed to the third traffic light and turn right, immediately past Advance Auto Parts, onto Cedar Avenue (U.S. 43 North).  Proceed three blocks.  Gaineswood is on your right on Cedar Avenue, directly across from the Demopolis High School football stadium.

 

From Montgomery-Take U.S. Highway 80 West through Selma, Uniontown, and Faunsdale to Demopolis.  Proceed to the fourth traffic light and turn right, immediately past Advance Auto Parts, onto Cedar Avenue (U.S. 43 North).  Proceed three blocks.  Gaineswood is on your right on Cedar Avenue, directly across from the Demopolis High School football stadium.

 

From Meridian, MS-Follow U.S. Interstate 20/59 to the Alabama state line, take Exit 1 (Cuba/Demopolis Exit) and turn right onto U.S. 80 East.  Proceed east about 30 miles along U.S. 80, through Bellamy, into Demopolis.  Turn left at the fifth traffic light, immediately past Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital, onto Cedar Avenue (U.S. 43 North).  Proceed three blocks.  Gaineswood is on your right on Cedar Avenue directly across from the Demopolis High School football stadium.

 

From Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Eutaw-Follow U.S. Interstate 20/59 southwest toward Eutaw.  Take Exit 40 (Eutaw/Demopolis Exit), turn left at the exit, and follow Alabama Highway 14 East into Eutaw.  From Eutaw, take U.S. Highway 43 South through Forkland into Demopolis.  Turn left at the first traffic light you come to in Demopolis.  Proceed two blocks to the next traffic light and turn right onto Cedar Avenue (U.S. 43 South).  Gaineswood is on your left, past the third traffic light you come to, directly across from the Demopolis High School football stadium.

 

Parking and Getting Into Gaineswood

 

          Site signage at the Cedar Ave., Whitfield St., and Morgan St. pedestrian entrances will help you identify where to park, walk onto the site, and start your guided tour. Ample parking is available along the site fencing near the Whitfield St. and Morgan St. pedestrian entrances. There is limited Gaineswood parking on Cedar Avenue, next to the State Historical Marker, Replicated Porter’s Lodge and iron gates. The shortest pedestrian approaches to the mansion are from the Whitfield and Morgan pedestrian entrances. Vehicular access onto the grounds is prohibited.

 

          The tour entrance is on the south, or back, side of the mansion.  Simply enter the house.  A docent will take your admission in the tour entrance foyer, and your tour will begin on the hour.

 

If you have time before or after your tour, you may wish to ask your docent or staff for a plan view map of the grounds.  A self-guided tour of the grounds is under development, but in the meantime, the plan view map allows you to identify the features of the grounds in a leisurely, informal manner.  NOTE-If you arrive between hours and/or miss your desired tour time, a plan view map with questions is provided free of charge in the hope you will spend time on the grounds and stay for the next tour.