Dunn-Fairley-Bonner-Field House at Camden, AL (built c. 1825)
This is the oldest documented structure in Camden. It was built for Thomas Dunn who was one of the earliest settlers of this area. He donated the land where Camden was built. This house was originally a two-story log house constructed c. 1825. The two-story frame addition was added to the house in the 1835-1840 [...]
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Canton Bend United Methodist Church at Canton Bend, AL
This church is located in Wilcox County at Canton Bend, AL. The Canton Bend United Methodist Church congregation was organized on December 12, 1897. In 1910, Percy Smith and Irvin Smith deeded land for the church building. This land adjoined the cemetery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Canton whose organization dated from the 1830s. [...]
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Beck/Miller Law Office at Camden, AL (ca. 1840)
This historic building located in Camden, Alabama’s downtown historic district served as the law office for Colonel Franklin King Beck. Colonel Beck, who commanded the 23rd Alabama Infantry, held General U.S. Grant’s Union troops at bay for 12 hours with a single regiment at the Battle of Big Black Ridge (Mississippi). A year later, on [...]
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Wilcox County Courthouse at Camden, AL (1858)
The Wilcox County Courthouse was built in 1858 by Alexander J. Bragg, brother of the builder of the Bragg-Mitchell home in Mobile. The Greek Revival structure is known architecturally for its four massive Doric columns and balustrade wrought iron steps leading to the second floor central doorway. It is one of only six antebellum court [...]
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Strother’s Antique Implement Park at Gastonburg, AL
Several years ago, Claude Strother set a piece of old farm equipment beside a windmill in Gastonburg, Alabama. Later he added another piece. He has continued adding pieces over the years and now this has become quite an impressive collection of mule-driven and steel-wheel farm equipment dating to the early part of the 20th century. [...]
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Dale Masonic Lodge at Camden, AL (1848)
The Dale Masonic Lodge organized at Dale Town (later Prairie Bluff) in 1827. When the town declined in the 1840’s, members voted to move the lodge to Camden. The Dale Masonic Lodge building was built in 1848. Union troops camped in the lodge while passing through Camden in 1865. This building is located at the [...]
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Pine Apple, AL Historic District Historic Marker
This Historic Marker is located beside Hwy 10 on the west edge of Pine Apple, AL (GPS coordinates N31.874667,W86.995278). Below is the inscription on the marker. “Founded in 1825, the town of Pine Apple became a regional commercial center due to its strategic location as the end of the Selma to Pensacola Railroad line from 1871 [...]
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Liddell-Burford House at Camden, AL (built 1850s)
Arthur Pendleton Bagby, who served two terms as Governor of Alabama (1837 and 1839) and later as a U. S. Senator, moved to Camden in 1853. He contracted with Henry F. Cook to build a home “befitting a man of position”. They agreed to a price of $3,750 to be paid in three installments. Unfortunately, [...]
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Beck-Bryant-Talbot House at Canton Bend, AL (c. 1847)
This home, known as “River Bluff House,” was built around 1847 for William King Beck, a nephew of William Rufus King, Vice-President of the United States. Beck migrated to Wilcox County around 1820 with his three brothers from North Carolina. He combined his law practice with cotton planting and achieved considerable local prominence. River Bluff [...]
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Horn-Jones-Sadler Law Office at Camden, AL (c. 1846)
The Horn-Jones-Sadler Law Office law office was built around 1846. It is a one-story, shotgun structure with a gabled end portico. The building contains Victorian alterations which include Eastlake colonnettes and segmental–arched door and windows. This building is included in Camden’s Wilcox County Courthouse Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. During [...]
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First Presbyterian Church of Camden at Camden, AL (built mid-1880s)
This church congregation was organized in 1845. The original church building was erected in 1856. It burned on September 17, 1869 and the present building was constructed in the mid-1880s. It features an open shingle covered belfry with “stick-style” trim and bracketed cornice. The interior walls were decorated with trompe l’oeisle (simulated Gothic apse behind [...]
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United Methodist Church at Gastonburg, AL (1880s)
This church is Victorian style and it was built around the same time as other homes in the area – 1880′s. The stained glass windows are original. Services are held each Sunday. The church is located in the community of Gastonburg, AL in Wilcox County (GPS coordinates N32.210556,W87.440028).
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