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Calhoun Law Office at Heritage Village in Selma, AL (antebellum – built c. 1833)

Heritage Village at Selma is the site of several 1800’s structures that were donated to the Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society by priva …

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Calvert United Methodist Church at Calvert, AL (built 1889; listed on the ARLH)

This historic church is located on the west side of Highway 43 in the community of Calvert at the intersection of Highway 43 and Fairford Road (GPS co …

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Cane Syrup Mill at Rikard’s Mill Historical Park near Beatrice, AL

Shown is a cane syrup mill that’s at Rikard’s Mill Historical Park located near Beatrice, AL in Monroe County. This is a mule-drawn cane syrup mill th …

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Cannady-McLeod House at Jackson, AL (ca. 1904)

This 2 ½ – story home was built circa 1904 for Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Cannady by Lionel Erastus “Ras” McLeod. Ras built many homes in Jackson. Later his s …

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Canton Bend United Methodist Church at Canton Bend, AL (built 1912-1913)

The Canton Bend United Methodist Church congregation was organized on December 12, 1897. In 1910, Percy Smith and Irvin Smith deeded land for the chur …

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Capell-Huff House at Pebble Hill, AL (c. 1850)

This two-story, plantation home was built circa 1850. The house design is attributed to local builder William T. Mathews. This house has an unusual st …

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Capt. Edwin Reese House at Eutaw, AL (c. 1858)

The Capt Edwin Reese House, also known as the Basil Hall, is a historic Greek Revival style house in Eutaw. The house is a two-story wood framed build …

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Captain Nathan Carpenter House near Eutaw, AL (built ca. 1853; listed on both the NRHP & Alabama Register)

This house is a classic Greek Revival plantation home that was built circa 1853 for Captain Nathan Carpenter, who had served with the Eutaw Rangers in …

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Carlowville Baptist Church at Carlowville, AL (built ca. 1834; listed on the NRHP)

Carlowville is a small community in southern Dallas County. Shown is the Carlowville Baptist Church. Local tradition attributes the design of this two …

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Carter-Cunningham-Wilson-Bell Home, “Fox Hill”, at Furman, AL (late 1830s or early 1840s)

This home was constructed in the late 1830’s or early 1840’s by either Addison Scarbrough or Edmond Hobdy. Mr. Hobdy built several homes in the area d …

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Cedar Grove at Faunsdale, AL (began ca. 1830 as a log cabin; enlarged 1852-1858)

Cedar Grove, also known as the Charles Walker House, is a Greek Revival plantation house located in Marengo County near Faunsdale. This plantation hom …

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Cedar Lawn at Uniontown, AL (built 1830s-1840s)

This home was built sometime during the 1830s and 1840s by James Bishop Chambers and his wife, Rebecca Adams Chambers. The house was originally “plant …

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Center Chapel United Methodist Church near Safford AL (established 1859)

This church is located west of Safford, AL on Dallas CR 66 approximately 2.8miles from the intersection of CR 66 and Ala Hwy 5 (GPS coordinates 32.284 …

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Chickasaw State Park in Marengo County at Providence, AL

This is our Alabama State Parks.  It offers modern campsites,  a wading pool, a barbeque grilling pavilion, plus other large pavilions and picnic area …

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Chilatchee Creek Campground at Gee’s Bend, AL in Wilcox County

Alabama has many beautiful rivers and lakes and the US Army Corp of Engineers has several parks and campgrounds that allow you the perfect opportunity …

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Choctaw Corner Historical Marker near Bashi, AL

This historical marker is located west of Thomasville on County Road 48 near the Bashi community (GPS coordinates N31.970778,W87.830889).  It describe …

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Choctaw County Courthouse at Butler, AL (ca. 1906)

Choctaw County was established in 1847.  The current courthouse in Butler is Choctaw County’s second courthouse – built 1906 and occupied in 1907. The …

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Choctaw County Historical Museum at Gilbertown, AL

This is an interpretative museum that’s located beside the Town Park at downtown Gilbertown.  The main building of the museum contains artifacts that …

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Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge near Womack Hill, AL (Choctaw County)

Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge is a little off the beaten path but well worth the trip. Water defines this 4,218 – acre refuge, covering roughly one …

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Church Of God at Cuba, AL (built 1900)

This church was organized in 1888 and the present building was built in 1900.  It is Carpenter Gothic style which was commonly used by rural churches …

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Church Street United Methodist Church at Selma, AL (c. 1902)

Methodists were the first denomination to organize in Selma and the only church remaining on the original plot of ground assigned to by the Selma Land …

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CITY OF JACKSON Historical Marker at Jackson, AL

This historical marker is located beside Commerce Street in front of the James E. Arrington City Hall Complex near downtown Jackson (GPS coordinates 3 …

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Claiborne, Alabama (A Lost City)

Situated near the Federal Road, this settlement began during the Mississippi Territory period with a ferry that transported settlers across the Alabam …

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Clark Chapel United Methodist Church at Gainesville, AL (ca. 1867)

The Clark Chapel United Methodist Church was founded by freed slaves in 1867, only two years after the end of the Civil War. This is one of the oldest …

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Co-Nita Manor at Uniontown, AL (ca. 1906)

This Neo-Classical house was built by Dr. Solon Lycurgus Coleman on a lot he purchased on February 20, 1906.  It has a central double leaf entran …

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Cochran House at Crumptonia near Orrville, AL (built c. 1855)

Also referred to as the Cochran-Crumpton House, Crumptonia, and the McCrary House, this 2-story Greek Revival style home was built circa 1855 for Sout …

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Coffeeville Lake Service Park at Bladon Springs, AL

Service Park sits on the shores of 97-mile-long Coffeeville Lake, the third largest lake on the Black Warrior- Tombigbee reservoir system and the last …

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Coleman Bros. Store at Whatley, AL (built ca. 1890, listed on the NRHP)

This is one of only a few wood frame, free-standing gable front, commercial buildings that remain in Clarke County. It was built around 1890 by David …

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Coleman-Banks House at Eutaw, AL (ca. 1847)

The Coleman-Banks house, also known as the James Oliver Banks house, is the first of four antebellum homes at Eutaw, AL to have original colossal-orde …

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Confederate Cemetery at Gainesville, AL

The town of Gainesville was laid out in 1832 by Moses Lewis. By 1840 Gainesville had become the third largest town in the state of Alabama, with a pop …

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Confederate Cemetery at St. Wilfrid’s Episcopal Church in Marion, AL

During the Civil War, Breckinridge Military Hospital was established at Howard College in Marion (now the campus of Marion Military Institute). Soldie …

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Coretta Scott King’s Childhood Home & Memorial near Marion, AL

Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) grew up on the farm of her parents, Obadiah “Obie” Scott and Bernice McMurray Scott, located north of Marion near the c …

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Corley-Fitts Office at Marion, AL (c. 1890)

Thought to have been built around 1890, this was the office of the dentist, Dr. William Wilson Corley. He sold it in 1906 to another dentist, Dr. J. P …

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Craig-Trawick House near Marion, AL (built ca. 1833)

This Greek Revival house was built about 1833 by William S. Craig. It has outside chimneys and double doors with sidelights. The small porch at the fr …

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Creagh Law Office at Grove Hill, AL (built ca. 1834, now part of the Clarke County Historical Museum and home of the Grove Hill Area Chamber of Commerce)

This office was built circa 1834 by Judge John Gates Creagh who was an attorney, commissioner, county treasurer, judge of county orphans court and sta …

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Crocheron Columns at Old Cahawba

Cahawba, also spelled Cahaba, was Alabama’s first state capital (1820-1826). It became a ghost town shortly after the Civil War. Today, the old Cahawb …

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Cuba, Alabama Museum

This museum contains displays that illustrate life in Cuba from its beginning. Of special interest are photographs of Cuba since 1952. This museum is …

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Curtis House at Demopolis, AL (ca. 1840; listed on the NRHP)

The Curtis House, also known as the Howze-Culpepper House, was built circa 1840 by Samuel Curtis, a Revolutionary War veteran who was born in Queen An …

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Dale Masonic Lodge at Camden, AL (built ca. 1848)

The Dale Masonic Lodge organized at Dale Town (later Prairie Bluff) in 1827. When the town declined in the 1840s, members voted to move the lodge to C …

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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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