The Oates House is a historic home in Abbeville, Alabama, United States. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Ephraim Oates had come to Henry County, Alabama, in 1839 at the age of 13. He took over the family farm and expanded it to over 5,000 acres. In 1900, he purchased land in Abbeville from his cousin, Alabama Gove…The Oates House is a historic home in Abbeville, Alabama, United States. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Ephraim Oates had come to Henry County, Alabama, in 1839 at the age of 13. He took over the family farm and expanded it to over 5,000 acres. In 1900, he purchased land in Abbeville from his cousin, Alabama Governor William C. Oates, and built a one-story house. In 1910, he greatly expanded the house, adding a second story and remodeling it in a Neoclassical style. The house was purchased in 1927 by the Shoemaker family, who added floor-to-ceiling casement windows to the front rooms and built a sleeping porch, porte-cochère, and rear kitchen wing.
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