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Black Belt Treasures at Camden, AL

Black Belt Treasures is a non-profit organization developed to showcase and promote the artists of the Alabama Black Belt region. Since opening its gallery in Camden, AL in 2005, Black Belt Treasures had grown from representing 75 artists to over 450 a …

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 church building. This land adjoined the cemetery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Canton whose org …

Capell-Huff House at Pebble Hill, AL (built ca. 1850; recorded in HABS.)

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 style for plantation houses of the antebellum period. One of the unusual features of the house is Its “u …

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 during this period. The style is “Plantation Plain” with shed rooms across the rear and a “prophets cha …

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 to enjoy them. One of these is Chilatchee Creek which is a small campground that is remotely located …

Dale Masonic Lodge at Camden, AL (built ca. 1848, recorded in HABS and CSAS)

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 Camden. The Dale Masonic Lodge building that’s shown was built circa 1848. Union troops camped in this …

Davidson-Jackson House at Pine Apple, AL (built 1903, listed on NRHP)

This two story Queen Anne style house was built in 1903. It contains a hipped roof with two cross gables, a wraparound porch with paired or cluttered Tuscan columns and pediment over central entrance bay, turned balustrade, and polygonal protruding bay …

Dr. Zeno House at Pine Apple, AL (ca. 1912; listed on the NRHP)

This is a two-story hipped roof house with a one-story rear ell. Features of the house include a recessed front porch on monumental paneled battered piers, a rounded attached north side porch on piers similar to the front porch, second story cantilever …

Dry Fork Plantation Home at Sedan, AL (1832-1834)

Dry Fork is a historic plantation home located in the Sedan community near Camden, AL. This is one of the oldest documented homes still standing in Wilcox County and is a fine example of late Federal style double–pile house form containing examples of …

Dulaney AME Church near Rosebud, AL in Wilcox County (built c. 1914; listed on the ARLH)

This church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage (ARLH) on April 18, 2007. According to the Alabama Historical Commission’s PreserveALA.org website, the church was built circa 1914. The Dulaney AME Church is located on the nort …

Dunn-Fairley-Bonner-Field House at Camden, AL (built c. 1825, recorded in HABS)

This is the oldest documented structure in Camden. It was built for Thomas Dunn who was one of the earliest settlers of this area. It is believed that he donated the land upon which the present town of Camden, known as Barboursville until 1841, was bui …

First Presbyterian Church at Camden, AL (built mid-1880s, recorded in HABS)

This church congregation was organized in 1845.  The original church building was erected in 1856.  It burned on September 17, 1869 and the present building was constructed in the mid-1880s.  It features an open shingle covered belfry with “stick-style …