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    Dunaway Home at Orrville, AL (designed by George F. Barber, built 1895, listed on the Alabama Register)

    Historic Home | Orrville in Dallas County  

    This Victorian farmhouse was designed by renowned Knoxville architect, George F. Barber, and it is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. The house has seven bedrooms, three full baths, and six fireplaces. The exterior is wood frame …

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    Mill-Albritton House at Orrville, AL (built ca. 1860; recorded in HABS)

    Antebellum, Historic Home | Orrville in Dallas County  

    This two-story home was built circa 1860. It has a gable roof that extends over the full-height hexastyle portico with freestanding octagonal columns on brick piers that shelter a balustrade deck-type porch and small balcony over the main doorway. This …

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    Moseley Grove, the Moseley-Seale House, near Orrville, AL (built ca. 1857)

    Antebellum, Historic Home | Orrville in Dallas County  

    This plantation home, located southeast of Orrville in the Molette’s Bend area of the Alabama River, was built circa 1857 for Lewis Buckley Moseley. It has remained in the Moseley family since that time. The front of this house is almost identical to t …

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    Orrville Male Academy Building at Orrville, AL (built ca. 1850; recorded in HABS)

    Antebellum, Historic Home, Historic Schools | Orrville in Dallas County  

    The Orrville Male Academy building, or Ben Ellis Dunaway House, was built around 1850 as a boys’ academy. The contractor was Willis H. Green. In 1880, the building was converted into a home by Benjamin F. Ellis who was a Confederate veteran and promine …

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    Orrville United Methodist Church at Orrville, AL

    Antebellum, Churches and Cemeteries, Historic Markers & Memorials | Orrville in Dallas County  

    This church is located in Orrville, AL in Dallas County at the intersection of Mill Street South and Academy Street (GPS coordinates 32.30489,-87.245974). Following are details provided on a historical marker that’s located in front of the church: **** …

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    Prosperity CME Church near Orrville (built c. 1913, listed on the ARLH)

    Black Heritage, Churches and Cemeteries | Orrville in Dallas County  

    This church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage (ARLH) on 9/27/07. According to the Alabama Historical Commission’s PreserveALA.org website, this church was built circa 1913. The Prosperity CME Church is located beside CR 33 a …

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    Tasso near Orrville, AL (built mid-1830s)

    Antebellum, Historic Home | Orrville in Dallas County  

    This plantation home, located southeast of Orrville in the Molette’s Bend area of the Alabama River, was built on land originally owned by Thomas Brooks Rutherford, who died in Cahawba 1824, and who is buried in the old Cahawba Cemetery. The house was …

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Welcome to rural southwest Alabama. This website is dedicated to twelve counties located in rural southwest Alabama which includes a large portion of Alabama's Black Belt area. This region is known for its rich and diverse heritage, historic homes and churches, and natural beauty. This website contains details about historic and interesting places that you will find in this area of Alabama.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST OF THE HOMES INCLUDED ARE PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARE DRIVE BY ONLY.

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