Below are some of the oldest and most historic structures that remain in rural southwest Alabama. Click on the "learn more" icons to access additional details and pictures.
The Siloam Baptist Church was established in 1822. During the mid-19th century, it was Alabama’s most influential Baptist congregation and one of the …
This home, constructed in 1834, is one of the earliest residences in Livingston. When Livingston was plotted, James H. Spence bought eighty acres and …
Episcopalians established a mission in this area in 1834 for settlers coming from the Atlantic Seaboard. St. Andrew’s Church was erected in 1853-1854. …
The St. James Episcopal Church was established in 1836. The present church building was built in 1841-1842 and consecrated in 1843 by Leonidas Polk. …
As one of the few remaining antebellum river hotels in the southeast and the only surviving hotel in Selma’s downtown historic district, the St. James …
St. John’s-In-The-Prairie, now known as St. John’s Episcopal Church, is a small Gothic-style church that is believed to have been constructed accordin …
Cahaba (also spelled Cahawba), located between Selma and Orrville at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba Rivers, was once a thriving antebellum r …
This parish, established in 1830, is the third oldest in the Alabama diocese. This church was erected in 1840 and consecrated in 1843 by Leonidas Pol …
Inspired by the works of architect Samuel Sloan, this outstanding example of antebellum eclecticism was built in 1851 for Judge David W. Sterrett, law …
This mansion is one of the finest examples of Greek Revival neo-classic architecture in the Southeast. Construction began on this house in 1852 but wa …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Clarke County Historical Museum opened in 1986 as a project of the Clarke County Historical Society. It is located at downtown Grove Hill, AL in t …
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 …
This house was built in 1840 for Augustus Foscue, a North Carolina native who owned more than 3,000 acres and 137 slaves in Marengo County by 1850. Th …
This Greek Revival-style mausoleum was built between 1841 and 1845 on a chalk bluff overlooking the Tombigbee River in Demopolis. It was built by Mary …
Shown are pictures of the grave of John A Bell that’s located in the “New” Cemetery at the Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County. On May 23rd, 1856, there …
This beautiful antebellum home was built circa 1845 for Col. Green G. Mobley from Fairfield District, SC and his Vermont-born second wife, Henrietta. …
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 …
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 “new” town of St. Stephens, located approximately three miles south of the original St. Stephens town site, was selected in 1848 as the seat of go …
Perry County was created by an act of the Legislature of the newly formed State of Alabama on December 13, 1819. The first courthouse, a log cabin, wa …
In 1840, Dr. James Levi Tunstall, a prominent physician and planter, purchased a smaller home located on this property. He and his wife, Eliza Croom T …
The Turner/Sessions/Kopf house was built c. 1859. It is included in the Bladon Springs Historic District that’s listed on the Alabama Register of Land …
“Twin Magnolias”, also referred to as the Myatt-Hancock house, is thought to have been built around 1845. It originally had a Greek Revival style cons …
The Underwood Plantation Home, also known as “Black Thistle”, is a Greek Revival-style home that was built circa 1837 by the Greene Underwood Family. …
As early as 1843, the Methodists of Uniontown had purchased a lot on Water Street and a church had been erected before the summer of 1844. This buildi …
This church congregation was organized in 1833 and the current church building was built circa 1850. The interior of the original structure has been l …
This Methodist church in Dayton is one of oldest churches in Marengo County. The first Methodist-Episcopal Church in Dayton was built in 1819 of logs …
This home was built by the Vaughan family, one of the earliest families to settle in Wilcox County. The age of this house is unknown, but it is though …
This Greek Revival building is one of Selma’s most historic. It was built in 1847 by Selma’s Masonic Lodge #27 as a school for orphans and children of …
This home was built circa 1841 by Iredell P. Vaughan, a tailor, for his new bride, Miss Ann Margaret Steele. It has a raised Creole Cottage style cons …
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 beautiful antebellum home was constructed circa 1855 for Col. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus DeYampert as a gift to his daughter, Julia, and her husb …
This home was built circa 1840 for William Peter Webb, a lawyer from North Carolina who was one of the earliest residents of Eutaw. During early remod …