This beautiful home was built around 1895 by James Nicholas Perdue (1860-1930) and his wife, Katie Jones Perdue (1861-1933). The home is a two-story f …
Pine Apple is a scenic community located on the east side of Wilcox County. The historical marker that’s shown is beside Hwy 10 on the west edge of Pi …
Founded by circuit riders as the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the first minister was Rev. A Gillis. Several additions have been made to the 1872 …
The railroad started running through Pine Hill, AL in 1888. Pine Hill’s original depot was destroyed in 1896 when a train jumped track and crashed int …
This historical marker is located on the north side of Broad Street, in the municipal park near the intersection of Broad and Dunn Streets, in Pine Hi …
This is a one-story hipped-roof Greek Revival house with a substantial turn-of-the-century front addition containing gingerbread trim. Features includ …
Prairie Mission, also known as Prairie Institute, was established in 1894 by the Freedmen’s Board of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, …
This is a recently restored authentic log cabin that’s located near Pine Apple in the community of Awin. Not much is known about the early history of …
This home was built around 1840 by the Purifoy family, one of the earliest to settle Wilcox County. Its style is similar to several in the Furman area …
This house was originally built circa 1840 near Furman, AL for William Madison Purifoy. Thomas P. Melton of Pine Apple purchased the house in l937. He …
The Pine Hill mural celebrates the railroad’s contribution to the history of Pine Hill. It was painted by the artists; Jan Agee, Finn Sheffield, Jeann …
In the early 1860s, Thomas Henry Roberts built this log cabin at Mount Hope in east Wilcox County using yellow pine logs from his property. The logs a …
Located approximately 6 miles northeast of Camden on the 22,000-acre Dannelly Reservoir Lake (locally referred to as Millers Ferry Lake), Roland Coope …
Born in Rosebud in 1874, Rosa Young graduated valedictorian from Payne University in Selma. She opened a private school with seven students, which gre …
This is a historic African-American school that was founded in 1893 by Dr. William J. Edwards, a graduate of Tuskegee University. The school opened as …
Inspired by the works of architect Samuel Sloan, this outstanding example of antebellum eclecticism was built in 1851 for Judge David W. Sterrett, law …
Several years ago, Claude Strother set a piece of old farm equipment beside Highway 5 at Gastonburg which is located in western Wilcox County. Later, …
This is a nationally known Wilcox County, AL plantation home. Throughout the years, it has been featured in numerous national magazines and books conc …
The Bank of Pine Apple began with the sale of stock in 1903 and was chartered the same year as a state bank. The bank building was built in about 1904 …
During the Civil Rights Movement, black residents of Gee’s Bend began taking the ferry to the county seat at Camden to try to register to vote. Local …
Gee’s Bend is a small rural community located in a curve in the Alabama River in the northern part of Wilcox County, AL. Founded in the early 1800s, …
Oak Hill is a small community located in east Wilcox County. This historical marker provides details about the history of Oak Hill. The marker is loca …
Located behind the Town Hall at downtown Pine Apple is a charming little park. It has a gazebo, benches, picnic tables, a large family pavilion and a …
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 …
This Methodist congregation was founded in 1846. The current church constructed in 1873. This church is one of the few structures that survived the 19 …
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 …
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 …
The Wilcox County Courthouse was built c. 1858 by Alexander J. Bragg, brother of the builder of the Bragg-Mitchell home in Mobile. The Greek Revival s …
The Wilcox Female Institute is a historic Greek Revival-style school building in Camden. The brick structure features twin Doric columns, a second flo …
Shown is a full-length, two-thirds life size statue of William Joseph Melton that’s located in the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery at Pine Apple, A …
This Victorian-style home is located in the Lower Peach Tree community in southwest Wilcox County. It was built in 1900 using timber from the property …
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