Thomaston, like several other towns in our area, began as a railroad town. The Town of Thomaston was incorporated November 15, 1901 and the railroad …
Prior to 1896, before the Post Office was established, the town of Leroy had been called New Canaan, Possum Corner and Dogwood Level. The town got its …
The slider above shows 8 pictures of this park. The Old Lock 1 Park is located at the remains of Old Lock 1 on the Tombigbee River between Jackson and …
This Greek Revival courthouse building was built around 1848. It was the third building to serve as the courthouse for Marengo County, AL, out of a to …
This school was built around 1900 by Charles H. Miller, Sr. He employed the teachers to provide an education for his children and other children in th …
The Old Monroe County Courthouse, completed in 1904, was designed by the prominent Southern architect Andrew Bryan. The courthouse gained national fam …
This building is located on the Courthouse Square at downtown Livingston, AL. Built ca. 1830, it was the only structure to survive on the Square when …
Built in 1907 to replace the frame depot building, which was destroyed by fire. Interest in railroads began as early as 1834 in Marion. The building i …
Old Scotland in Monroe County was settled by families from Georgia and the Carolinas, many of whose families immigrated to this country from Scotland …
This building, which now serves as Livingston City Hall, was originally built circa 1875 to serve the passenger and freight services of the railroad s …
This small store contained the post office that served the Sprott, AL community for over 100 years – from 1881 until it was closed in 1993. The post o …
The “new” town of St. Stephens, approximately three miles south of the original St. Stephens town site, was selected in 1848 as the seat of government …
This park is located in southwest Alabama on the Tombigbee River at the site of old St. Stephens which played an important part in early Alabama’s his …
This school was constructed in 1927-1928 by local contractor Ashland Spinks. The newly completed $50,000 building opened for white students on Monday, …
When traveling Highway 41 between Monroeville and Camden, you will pass a very picturesque scene at Franklin that includes several nicely restored bui …
Reputedly, this was Uniontown’s original post office. This structure was originally attached to the Houston house that was built before January 1, 18 …
This building was Wilcox County ‘s third county jail. It was constructed in 1889 by L. Y. Tarrant for $4800. In 1960, jail operations were moved to a …
Selma is home to Alabama’s first Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) that was founded in 1858, and this is the oldest YMCA building still standin …
This home began as a one-room law office that was built and used by Judge William C. Oliver. On December 29, 1859, he sold his office to Gustave Braun …
This church is located in Orrville, AL in Dallas County at the intersection of Mill Street South and Academy Street (GPS coordinates 32.30489,-87.2459 …
John Straiton, a graduate of Emory University, was Greensboro’s most prolific builder during the late 1800s and early 1900s. He is responsible for the …
This two-story, vernacular Victorian house was built circa 1890. Features of the house include complex roofline and massing, central double leaf entra …
This “coastal cottage” is thought to have been built in the 1830s by Stephen and Juliet Palmer and possibly modified by Dabney Palmer around 1860. It …
This two-story farmhouse, built circa 1834 by Joel Parish, his wife, Emma Curby, and their children, is one of the oldest buildings in Perry County. …
Most towns have a town square. Gainesville is unique in that it has a town triangle. (However, a picture shows the original to have been larger and mo …
The Demopolis Public Square is one of the oldest in Alabama dating back to ca. 1819. The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places (N …
This Greek Revival-style home was built circa 1859 by Dr. Clifford Daniel Parke, a prominent Selma Physician who served as president of the Alabama Me …
The Patrick Farish House, also known as the Lowe and Paula McDaniel House, is a one-and-a-half story vernacular Craftsman/Bungalow style home. It was …
This is a tranquil 1,080-acre park that includes a beautiful 100-acre lake that is surrounded by hardwood and southern pine woodlands. The park has m …
This is an example of an increasingly rare intact rural church. It has a highly pitched front-facing gable roof, and two sets of double doors. Local t …
This building was constructed in 1902 to house Andrew’s Hardware. Later, it served for many years as the home of People’s Drug Store – until the early …
The Perdue Hill Union Church at Perdue Hill belongs to the community. The church was built prior to the 1880’s using donated lumber. The pulpit was co …
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 …
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 …
The Perry County Courthouse, completed in 1856, is an example of a Greek Revival Temple Architecture. Benjamin Parsons was the designer and Larkin Tar …
In recent years, Bald Eagles have nested in a giant loblolly pine near the entrance to this 600-acre park. The park contains four oxbow lakes, formed …
Peterman is a small community located about six miles northeast of Monroeville, AL. Shown is the “Peterman, Alabama” historical marker that provides d …
Approximately 40 years ago, the county shovel operator was digging in a gravel pit near Ward and hit something hard about 40 feet deep in the ground. …
The Philadelphia Baptist congregation was established in 1840. The original church was located approximately two miles east of its present site. Slave …