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The Old Boddie Law Office at Dayton, AL (ca. 1858)

This small brick building, known as the “Boddie Law Office” is one of the few remaining buildings in Dayton, AL.  It was built by Oliver B. Boddie and his brother, John E. Boddie around 1858.  These brothers were graduates of the Cumberland School of Law in Tennessee and both owned large plantations near Dayton.  This [...]

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United Methodist Church at Dayton, AL (1851)

This Methodist church in Dayton, Alabama is one of oldest churches in Marengo County. The first Methodist-Episcopal Church in Dayton was built in 1819 of logs donated by Benjamin Glover. The next church had a slave gallery and it was constructed prior to 1830. The current church was completed in 1851. It was built with [...]

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