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Trice Home at Gilbertown, AL

Troupe Trice (1901-1958) built this home for his family using bricks that he made by hand. The mold that he used to make the bricks is displayed at th …

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Trinity Episcopal Church at Demopolis, AL (completed 1870)

The Trinity Episcopal Church was founded in 1834 and is the third oldest church in the Diocese of Alabama. The congregation met in homes and a small l …

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TRUMAN CAPOTE Historical Marker at Monroeville, AL

Author, Truman Capote, spent a large portion of his childhood living with and visiting his Faulk cousins in Monroeville, AL. Capote was close friends …

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Tunstall-Cobbs Home at Greensboro, AL (completed 1859, listed on the NRHP)

In 1840, Dr. James Levi Tunstall, a prominent physician and planter, purchased a smaller home located on this property. He and his wife, Eliza Croom T …

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Turner Corn Crib at the Clarke County Historical Museum in Grove Hill, AL

The Turner Corn Crib is believed to have been built with logs taken from the old Turner Fort which was a fortification used to protect settlers during …

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Turner/Sessions/Kopf House at Bladon Springs, AL (built c. 1859)

The Turner/Sessions/Kopf house was built c. 1859. It is included in the Bladon Springs Historic District that’s listed on the Alabama Register of Land …

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Tuscahoma (Red Warrior) Historical Marker near Mt. Sterling, AL

This marker is located in Choctaw County beside Co. Rd. 27 approximately 4 miles SE of Mt. Sterling just before getting to the Tuscahoma Landing on th …

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Twin Magnolias at Marion, AL (built ca. 1845, listed on NRHP)

“Twin Magnolias”, also referred to as the Myatt-Hancock house, is thought to have been built around 1845. It originally had a Greek Revival style cons …

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Underwood Plantation Home at Pleasant Hill, AL (built ca. 1837, listed on the Alabama Register)

The Underwood Plantation Home, also known as “Black Thistle”, is a Greek Revival-style home that was built circa 1837 by the Greene Underwood Family. …

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Uniontown United Methodist Church at Uniontown, AL (built ca. 1858; listed on the NRHP)

As early as 1843, the Methodists of Uniontown had purchased a lot on Water Street and a church had been erected before the summer of 1844. This buildi …

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United Methodist Church at Brewersville, AL (built ca. 1850, recorded in HABS)

This church congregation was organized in 1833 and the current church building was built circa 1850. The interior of the original structure has been l …

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United Methodist Church at Dayton, AL (completed 1851)

This Methodist church in Dayton is one of oldest churches in Marengo County. The first Methodist-Episcopal Church in Dayton was built in 1819 of logs …

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United Methodist Church at Gastonburg, AL (1890s)

This Victorian style church was built during the 1890s. The interior of the sanctuary has been altered very little since the church was build. The sta …

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United Methodist Church at Livingston, AL (c. 1890)

The United Methodist Church has been serving the Livingston community since 1834 when they began worshipping in the Sumter County Courthouse as the Me …

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United Methodist Church at Lower Peach Tree, AL (ca. 1874)

Methodist have been active in the area of Lower Peach Tree since the early 1820s. This was shortly after Lower Peach Tree was settled and Alabama beca …

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United Methodist Church at Thomaston, AL (completed 1923; listed on the NRHP)

One of the oldest Methodist congregations in the area was established at the nearby community of Dayton, AL.  Their first church building was construc …

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Vaughan House near Sunny South, AL (built c. 1830)

This home was built by the Vaughan family, one of the earliest families to settle in Wilcox County. The age of this house is unknown, but it is though …

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Vaughan-Smitherman Museum at Selma, AL (built 1847)

This Greek Revival building is one of Selma’s most historic. It was built in 1847 by Selma’s Masonic Lodge #27 as a school for orphans and children of …

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Vaughn-Morrow House at Eutaw, AL (built ca. 1841, listed on the NRPH)

This home was built circa 1841 by Iredell P. Vaughan, a tailor, for his new bride, Miss Ann Margaret Steele. It has a raised Creole Cottage style cons …

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Vineland Baptist Church at Vineland, AL (built 1913)

This church is located in southeast Marengo County in the community of Vineland. It was organized on September 12, 1912 with 29 charter members. The c …

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Violet Cottage at Uniontown AL (built c. 1880)

This Victorian-style home was built prior to 1884 by Moses and Flora Marx on a lot they purchased in June 1879. An affluent Jewish family, they owned …

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Visitation Catholic Church at Jackson, AL (built c. 1940, listed on the NRHP)

The Visitation Catholic Church is a Mission style building with stucco wall treatment. It was built around 1940. This church is a contributing propert …

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W. S. Moore Store at Perdue Hill, AL (built ca. 1875)

This building is located on its original site at Perdue Hill and was built around 1875 as a doctor’s office.  Dr. J. L. Sowell  was the last doctor kn …

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Wakefield at Furman, AL (built in the 1840s; listed on the NRHP)

This beautiful antebellum home, located in the Furman community, was built in a one-of-a-kind Steamboat Gothic style. The nearly 6,000 sq. ft. of livi …

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Walton Theater at Selma, AL (built ca. 1914, listed on the NRHP)

The Walton Theater opened for operation in 1914.  During the late 1940’s, in addition to running feature films and hosting vaudeville shows, the Walto …

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Ward-DeWitt House at Greensboro, AL (ca. 1898)

This house was built circa 1898 by Greensboro’s most prolific builder of the 1890s and early 1900s, John Straiton. It is one of the most imposing Quee …

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Washington Baptist Church at Hawthorn, AL (c. 1916)

This church was founded in 1883. The present church building was completed around 1916. Prior to its construction, the congregation held their first s …

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WASHINGTON COUNTY Historical Marker at Chatom, AL

This historical marker is located in front of the Washington County courthouse at Chatom (GPS coordinates 31.465740, -88.256272). The marker provides …

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Washington County History Museum at Chatom, AL

This museum is located in Chatom in the basement of the Washington County Courthouse. It contains artifacts that depict the history of Washington Coun …

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Washington County State Public Fishing Lake near Millry, AL (locally referred to as Emmet Wood Lake)

The Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, manages 23 public lakes in 20 counties throu …

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Weaver Log Cabin at Evergreen, AL (ca. 1877)

This small log cabin, located in the Evergreen Municipal Park, was originally located near the community of Castleberry.  It is a section of a larger …

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Weaver-Hooper House at Selma (built c. 1868)

The Weaver-Hooper House, better known as the Weaver Castle, is Gothic in design and is said to be a copy of a castle on the Rhine. William Weaver, a p …

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Webb-Bonds-Bamberg House at Greensboro, AL (ca. 1855)

This beautiful antebellum home was constructed circa 1855 for Col. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus DeYampert as a gift to his daughter, Julia, and her husb …

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Webb-Grubbs House at Eutaw, AL (built ca. 1840, listed on the NRHP)

This home was built circa 1840 for William Peter Webb, a lawyer from North Carolina who was one of the earliest residents of Eutaw. During early remod …

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Weil-Blunt-McMurray House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1880, listed on the NRHP)

This is a ca. 1880 Victorian, one-story house with Eastlake details. Features of this house include a three bay facade, complex roofline and massing, …

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Weir Home at Gastonburg, AL (built 1880s)

This Queen Anne style farmhouse, circa 1880’s, was built by the ancestors of the current owners, Jim and Karen Weir. The roof is now sheet metal and a …

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Wesley Plattenburg House at Selma, AL (completed 1842)

The Wesley Plattenburg House is a historic house in Selma, AL. Featuring a unique combination of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles, it was compl …

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WEST BEND Historical Marker at West Bend, AL

The community of West Bend is located in west Clarke County approximately six miles northwest of Coffeeville. This historical marker is beside the Wes …

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About This Website

Welcome to rural southwest Alabama. This website is dedicated to twelve counties located in rural southwest Alabama which includes a large portion of Alabama’s Black Belt area. This region is known for its rich and diverse heritage, historic homes and churches, and natural beauty. This website contains details about historic and interesting places that you will find in this area of Alabama.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST OF THE HOMES INCLUDED ARE PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARE DRIVE BY ONLY.

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Dedicated to the memory of Stacy Milstead Henson (1978-2008) & Inez “Sis” Watts (1924-2007).

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