Old Cahawba near Orrville, AL (site of Alabama’s First State Capital)

Located east of Orrville at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba Rivers, the town initially known as Cahawba served as the state’s first permanent capital from 1820 until 1825. When the capital was moved from Cahawba in 1826 to Tuscaloosa, many of …

Perine Well at the Old Cahawba Park near Selma, AL

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 Cahawba site is an interpretative park that’s operated by the Alabama Historical Commission. Visitors to the …

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County, AL (completed 1854, recorded by HABS, listed on the NRHP)

Cahaba (also spelled Cahawba), located between Selma and Orrville at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba Rivers, was once a thriving antebellum river town and it served as Alabama’s first permanent state capital from 1819-1826. It became a ghost t …