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 mansion is one of the finest examples of Greek Revival neo-classic architecture in the Southeast. Built in 1852-1856 as a townhouse for Col. Edwa …
This log cabin is one of the oldest homes in Washington County. It was built on the east side of Bassett Creek near Wagarville in 1874 by Gibeon Jeffe …
This Methodist congregation was organized circa 1837. The church absorbed the congregation from nearby Childers Chapel when it burned in 1842. The Met …
The Sumter County Courthouse, built circa 1902, is a Beaux-Arts Classicism style building with certain features that reflect the then popular Romanesq …
This historical marker is located beside Highway 11 at the Courthouse Square in Livingston (GPS coordinates 32.582701, -88.187940). The marker was ere …
This church traces its beginning to the “Old Primitive Baptist Church” which was the first church organized in the western part of the Sumter County. …
Sunflower is a small unincorporated community located in east Washington County. The Sunflower Post Office began operation in 1892 and served the comm …
Sweet Water, AL is a small community located on Highway 10 in the southern part of Marengo County. The Sweet Water Cotton Gin has been a large part o …
UPDATE: This home was demolished in late 2020. ******** This was the home of Syd and Aletha Etheridge. When Syd and Aletha married in 1901, they start …
This is a nationally known Wilcox County, AL plantation home. Throughout the years, it has been featured in numerous national magazines and books conc …
This house was built circa 1852 by Dr. Henry Talbird, second president of Howard College. It was sold in 1856 to Isaac Billingsley and his wife, Ann J …
This home was constructed by Cadwallader Beale circa 1883. Beale operated the Evergreen Hotel which was located on corner of West Front and Rural Stre …
Tanglewood is a historic plantation house near Akron, Alabama. The Greek Revival cottage was built in 1859 by Page Harris, on land that he had purchas …
This 2-story, Greek Revival style plantation home, located southeast of Orrville in the Molette’s Bend area of the Alabama River, was built on land or …
This Jewish temple was completed during December 1899 and dedicated in February 1900. It is a two-story, Romanesque Revival structure with two symmetr …
The “Spring House” is located near the Civil War monument in Old Live Oak Cemetery at Selma. This name came from the old practice of having band conce …
The Alabama River Museum is part of the Monroe County Heritage Museums. It is located on the east bank of the Alabama River at the Claiborne Lock and …
The Bank of Eutaw opened on Feb. 15, 1882, with B.B. Barnes as cashier. The rusticated stucco facade of imitation stone and the round arches of the wi …
The Beloit Industrial Institute, which operated from 1888 to 1923, was the first Christian school for African-Americans in Dallas County. It was locat …
The Camellias is a beautiful antebellum home located just south of Marion, AL. It gets its name from the many camellia bushes located on the front la …
This historical marker is located beside Madison Road about three miles east of Gainestown in south Clarke County (GPS coordinates 31.445267, -87.6443 …
This was the showroom for coffins of builder, Edward Kring. Here you would pick out your material and wood for your coffin which would then be custom …
The exact age of this house is not known, but it dates back well into the antebellum period. One of the owners of this home was a Mr. Chadwick who di …
The First Baptist Church of Selma was organized in 1842. The congregation erected their first permanent building in 1850 at the corner of Church Stree …
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, …
The Harmony Club is a Renaissance Revival three-story commercial building with a cast iron storefront. It was built in 1909 as a social club by Selma’ …
This beautiful antebellum home was built circa 1845 for Col. Green G. Mobley from Fairfield District, SC and his Vermont-born second wife, Henrietta. …
Demopolis has a long tradition of theaters. The Braswell Theater opened in 1902. Next was the Elks/Si-Non/Lido that operated from 1915 to 1935. On …
Founded in 1835, the Marion Female Seminary was one of the earliest colleges for women in the United States. It was the first of four colleges establi …
This school building was built in 1928. The school closed May 1961 and its students started attending Sweet Water High School. The Nanafalia School bu …
In 1925 the United States Congress passed the Kelly Act and created the U.S. Department of Commerce which in turn established the U.S. Air Mail. In 1 …
Settlement of Dayton began in the early 19th century, with a town survey done and a “public well” established in 1832. The post office was established …
The Grant Store was built in 1924 by T. L. S. Grant. It was a general store that contained anything that country folks living in the early and mid 19 …
The Kimbrough Hospital was a privately owned hospital built circa 1937 by Dr. Cecil E. Kimbrough as a service to the community to provide healthcare. …
Until its closure to automobile traffic in 2001, the Naheola Bridge was one of only a few bridges in the world that accommodated rail, auto, and river …
This little post office building is located in southeast Conecuh County. Immigrants of South Carolina settled in this area in the 1870s. As the local …
The Red Barn Restaurant is one of the oldest restaurants in the area and it serves some of the best food around. The restaurant opened in 1971 and the …
Rooster Bridge (built “to bridge the ‘Bigbee with cocks”) The old Rooster Bridge was located across the Tombigbee River approximately 11 miles southwe …