This home, constructed in 1834, is one of the earliest residences in Livingston. When Livingston was plotted, James H. Spence bought eighty acres and began the construction of this home. The Spence-Moon House is one of eleven homes built by a group of craftsmen from New Hampshire and Connecticut who were employed to build homes. [...]
The United Methodist Church has been serving the Livingston community since 1834 when they began worshipping in the Sumter County Courthouse as the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1837, the church congregation contracted carpenters to build a church building on Church Street facing South Street near Myrtlewood Cemetery. In 1885, they approved the purchase of property [...]
The Bored Well was started in 1854 and historians say an old blind mule pulled the auger around day after day until completion in 1857 of an artesian well. In the beginning citizens were disappointed with the salty taste of the water, but soon claims were made that the saline, alkaline nature of the water [...]
Erected in 1870. Renovated in March 2002. Now used as the Livingston, AL Town Hall. This old depot is located at the intersection of Main Street and Church Street in Livingston, AL (GPS coordinates N32.580889,W88.185250). Source: Sumter County Historical Society 4/22/10
The St. James Episcopal Church was established in 1833. The present church building was built in 1836 and consecrated in 1843 by Leonidas Polk. The church was originally Greek Revival style and later altered to Gothic elements. It was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on 4/11/84.. This church is located at [...]
Located on the Courthouse Square at downtown Livingston, AL (GPS coordinates N32.582639,W88.189028). Built ca. 1830. This was the only structure to survive on the Square when the previous courthouse burned in 1901. This building also served as the County Library for many years. Source: Sumter County Historical Society
Pictured is a memorial to Vera Hall that is located at Livingston, AL across the street from the courthouse square on the corner of Franklin Street and Washington Street (GPS coordinates N32.583444,W88.188444). Following is the inscription on this memorial: “Like a Spirit on the Water” Vera Hall (1902-1964) Born in 1902 in Payneville, Alabama, just [...]
The Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge, built in 1861, is one of the oldest covered bridges still existing in Alabama. It was originally constructed over the Sucarnoochee River by Confederate Army Captain William Alexander Campbell Jones on the main state road leading from Livingston to York, now U.S. Route 11. It was built using hand-hewn yellow pine [...]
The first Sumter County courthouse, built of logs, stood on the corner of Spring Street and West Main. Another courthouse, a frame building erected in the Square in 1839, burned in 1901. The cornerstone for the present courthouse was laid July 9, 1902. This courthouse was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in [...]
