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    Akron Boys & Girls Club Complex at Akron, AL (designed & built by Rural Studio students)

    Auburn Rural Studio | Akron in Hale County  

    Most of Akron’s adults commute to Tuscaloosa or Greensboro for work which leaves the children to entertain and look after themselves for an extended period of time every day. Auburn University’s Rural Studio volunteered to design and build a Boys and G …

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    Akron Presbyterian Church at Akron, AL (completed 1922)

    Churches and Cemeteries | Akron in Hale County  

    The Akron Presbyterian Church was organized on July 6, 1919. The meeting was at the Akron Methodist Church which is where the Presbyterians met until their first church as built. In 1920, the Presbyterians started a building fund for their church. Thei …

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    Battersea at Gallion, AL (built ca. 1820; listed on the NRHP)

    Antebellum | Gallion in Hale County  

    This is a historic plantation house located in south Hale County at Gallion. It was built around 1820 as a two-by-two log cabin.  By the 1840s, two additional rooms were constructed at the back of the cabin.  Battersea underwent further expansions, suc …

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    Cade-Hillier House at Greensboro, AL (built 1900; listed om the NRHP)

    Historic Home | Greensboro in Hale County  

    This beautiful two-story, home was built circa 1900. Features of the house include a complex roof line, corner tower with conical roof, central double leaf entrance, a wraparound porch with Eastlake trim, a conical roof projection and an upper level ga …

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    Drake Northrup House at Greensboro, AL (ca. 1850)

    Antebellum | Greensboro in Hale County  

    Dr. Gaston Drake, a planter and local physician, purchased this property in 1849 and had a house built on it.  The house was destroyed by fire before the Drake family could move into it.  There was speculation that arson was probably the cause for the …

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    Duggar-Osborn House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1890, listed on the NRHP).

    Historic Home | Greensboro in Hale County  

    This is a charming one-story Victorian cottage with Eastlake details that’s located on Greensboro’s Main Street. This house was built around 1890. Features of the house include articulated gable bays, a partial width porch with a turrett, a single leaf …

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    Emory School at Cedarville, AL in Hale County (ca. 1915; a historic Rosenwald School)

    Black Heritage, Historic Schools | Cedarville in Hale County  

    Emory School, also known as the Tunstall School, is a historic Rosenwald School building located in rural Hale County, AL about midway between Greensboro and Gallion. It was built ca. 1915 under the Julius Rosenwald School Building Fund program to serv …

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    Gayle-Tunstall House at Greensboro, AL (built 1828-1829, listed on the NRHP)

    Historic Home, Historic Markers & Memorials | Greensboro in Hale County  

    There may be no home in the Black Belt with more history attached to it than this one. It was built in 1828 – 1829 by John Gayle, a South Carolina native. Prior to moving to Greensboro, Gayle lived in Monroeville, Al where he served in the territorial …

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    Greensboro Hotel Building at Greensboro, AL (built early 1830s, listed on the NRHP)

    | Greensboro in Hale County  

    Once an elegant downtown hotel, the Greensboro Hotel remains a local landmark. Impressive brickwork is its most significant feature. Brick-arched doors and windows stand out prominently. The hotel began as a two-story building with “Flemish bond” brick …

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    Greensboro Opera House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1903, listed on the NRHP)

    | Greensboro in Hale County  

    The Greensboro Opera House was built in 1903 on the site of an earlier opera house. The original, built in the 1890′s, had burned the preceding year. Although it was grand in design for a small town like Greensboro, the Greensboro Opera House was typic …

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    Greensboro Presbyterian Church at Greensboro, AL (built 1859; listed on the NRHP)

    Churches and Cemeteries | Greensboro in Hale County  

    Presbyterians were among the earliest settlers of Greensboro, AL. In 1823, the first Presbyterian church was organized in Greensboro by Rev. James Hillhouse of South Carolina with Patrick Norris and William Hillhouse, veterans of the American Revolutio …

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    Hale County Animal Shelter at Greensboro, AL (designed & built by Rural Studio Students)

    Auburn Rural Studio | Greensboro in Hale County  

    Hale County had a legal obligation to provide an animal shelter for the county but had no resources to build it.  In 2005, Hale County representatives approached Auburn’s Rural Studio and requested that they design and build this shelter. Four Rural St …

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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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