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    Hale County Courthouse at Greensboro, AL

    Historic/Scenic Courthouses | Greensboro in Hale County  

    Hale County was created in 1867 with most of it being taken from Greene County.  Greensboro was selected as the county seat.  Greensboro citizens had promised to provide a courthouse and jail free of charge if selected.  To fulfill this commitment, Gre …

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    Hale County Library at Greensboro, AL (ca. 1870s, formerly Governor Thomas Seay’s Law Office)

    | Greensboro in Hale County  

    This building is located on Main Street at downtown Greenboro near the courthouse. It dates back to the 1870s and served in the late 1800s as a law office for former Alabama governor, Thomas Seay. Alfred M. Tunstall who represented Hale County in the l …

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    Happel-Stickney Home at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1845)

    Antebellum | Greensboro in Hale County  

    This beautiful house was built around 1845 by a prosperous Greensboro merchant tailor named Philip Happel.  This two-story home has both upper and lower verandas running the whole width of the house.  It has four large, square columns running to the ro …

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    Harvey House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1848, listed on the NRHP)

    Antebellum, Historic Home | Greensboro in Hale County  

    The Harvey house, also referred to as Seven Pines, was built circa 1848 by Col J. G. Harvey, long-time editor of the Alabama Beacon. This house has a simple design, with a gable-roofed front porch and four square, Doric-detailed columns. There is a cen …

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    Hobson Bethel Methodist Church at Newbern, AL (built 1884)

    Churches and Cemeteries | Newbern in Hale County  

      The Newbern Methodist congregation selected the present site and completed this church in the fall of 1884.  (Prior to this time, they held their services in the Presbyterian Church.)  The lumber used in the construction of the church building i …

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    Jack-James House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1900, listed on the NRHP)

    Historic Home | Greensboro in Hale County  

    This two-story Queen Anne style house was built circa 1900. Features of the house include a hip roof with gables, front facing gable with one story bay window, double tier gable roof portico, wraparound porch with turned posts and bannisters, and decor …

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    Johnston-Coleman House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1900, listed on the NRHP)

    Historic Home | Greensboro in Hale County  

    This two-story Victorian home was built circa 1900. Features of the house include a hip roof with gables, five bay facade with recessed side wing, central double leaf entrance with full transom and sidelights, two story double portico and wrap-around p …

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    Jones-Burke-Whittington House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1840 & enlarged ca. 1900, listed on the NRHP)

    Antebellum, Historic Home | Greensboro in Hale County  

    This house was originally built circa 1840 as a one story Italianate cottage. The second story and Victorian details were added to the house around the early part of the twentieth century. Features of this house include a hip with cross gable roof, fro …

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    Lee Otts Home at Greensboro, AL (originally built ca. 1840 and enlarged in the late 1850s, recorded in HABS and listed on the NRHP)

    Antebellum, Historic Home | Greensboro in Hale County  

    Originally built as a small, one-story dwelling, the house was later enlarged into the present two-story, Greek Revival structure. A merchant, Robert Shackleford, purchased this property in 1836 and built a small, single-story home that contained only …

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    Lions Park at Greensboro, AL (Rural Studio Projects)

    Auburn Rural Studio, Parks & Campgrounds | Greensboro in Hale County  

    In 2004 the Lions Club, the City of Greensboro, Hale County, the Riding Club and the Greensboro Baseball Association formed a joint committee to manage and care for the future of Lions Park, the largest park in Hale County. They soon approached Auburn …

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    Lupton-Grote-Cobbs House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1861)

    Historic Home | Greensboro in Hale County  

    This was the only house known to have been built in this area during the Civil War. It was constructed in 1861 as a residence for Nathaniel T. Lupton, a professor of chemistry at Southern University and later the fifth president of the University of Al …

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    Magnolia Grove at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1840; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP; now serves as a historical house museum)

    Antebellum, Museums & Rural Art, Open for Tours | Greensboro in Hale County  

    Magnolia Grove, an excellent example of temple-style Greek Revival architecture, was built around 1840 as a town house by Isaac and Sarah Croom, whose plantations were about 20 miles south of Greensboro near Faunsdale. The house was named for the 15-ac …

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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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