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    Akron Boys & Girls Club Complex at Akron, AL (designed & built by Rural Studio students)

    Auburn Rural Studio | Akron in Hale County  

    Most of Akron’s adults commute to Tuscaloosa or Greensboro for work which leaves the children to entertain and look after themselves for an extended period of time every day. Auburn University’s Rural Studio volunteered to design and build a Boys and G …

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    Alabama Rural Heritage Center at Thomaston, AL

    Auburn Rural Studio, Museums & Rural Art, Open for Tours | Thomaston in Marengo County  

    The Alabama Rural Heritage Center is located on Hwy 25 at Thomaston, Alabama in the renovated Home Economics Building of the old Marengo County High School.  Students at Auburn University’s Rural Studio at Newbern, AL designed this facility and handled …

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    Antioch Baptist Church located in northwest Perry County, AL

    Auburn Rural Studio, Churches and Cemeteries | in Perry County  

    Shown is a small church in northwest Perry County, AL that was redesigned and rebuilt by four students from Auburn University’s Rural Studio at Newbern, AL. It was named among the top 100 best designs in the world by New York-based Metropolitan Home ma …

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    Hale County Animal Shelter at Greensboro, AL (designed & built by Rural Studio Students)

    Auburn Rural Studio | Greensboro in Hale County  

    Hale County had a legal obligation to provide an animal shelter for the county but had no resources to build it.  In 2005, Hale County representatives approached Auburn’s Rural Studio and requested that they design and build this shelter. Four Rural St …

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    Lions Park at Greensboro, AL (Rural Studio Projects)

    Auburn Rural Studio, Parks & Campgrounds | Greensboro in Hale County  

    In 2004 the Lions Club, the City of Greensboro, Hale County, the Riding Club and the Greensboro Baseball Association formed a joint committee to manage and care for the future of Lions Park, the largest park in Hale County. They soon approached Auburn …

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    Newbern Fire Station at Newbern, AL (built by Rural Studio Students)

    Auburn Rural Studio | Newbern in Hale County  

    The Newbern Fire Station was designed and constructed by four fifth year architecture students at Auburn University’s Rural Studio. This 4,000 sq. ft. building was completed in 2005. The structure was designed to require little or no maintenance. It is …

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    Perry Lakes Park near Marion, AL (features several Rural Studio designs)

    Auburn Rural Studio, Bird Watching, Parks & Campgrounds | Marion in Perry County  

    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 when the Cahaba River changed its course about 150 years ago. Foot trails traverse the park’s mature h …

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    Rural Studio at Newbern, AL

    Auburn Rural Studio, Museums & Rural Art | Newbern in Hale County  

    Established in 1993 by architects Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee and D. K. Ruth, Rural Studio is a part of Auburn University’s School of Architecture.  The Rural Studio is located in rural west Alabama in the small town of Newbern in Hale County.  Rural Studio …

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

    Antebellum, Auburn Rural Studio, Churches and Cemeteries, Old Cahawba Park | Cahaba in Dallas County  

    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 …

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    The Safe House Black History Museum at Greensboro, AL

    Auburn Rural Studio, Black Heritage, Museums & Rural Art | Greensboro in Hale County  

    On the night of March 21, 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sought refuge from the Ku Klux Klan inside a small, shotgun-style home in the depot neighborhood of Greensboro, AL. (This occurred just two weeks prior to the assassination of Rev. King in Mem …

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    The Subrosa at Newbern, AL (Memorial to Samuel Mockbee)

    Auburn Rural Studio, Historic Markers & Memorials | Newbern in Hale County  

    Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee was an architect and a co-founder of Auburn University’s Rural Studio located at Newbern, AL.  He created a program dedicated to building houses, community centers and other structures for the poverty-stricken communities in Hale …

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    White-Morrisette House at Newbern, AL (completed 1890, currently the headquarters of Auburn Rural Studio)

    Auburn Rural Studio | Newbern in Hale County  

    This beautiful two-story Victorian-style home was completed in 1890 by Robert Allen White, a prominent merchant and banker in Newbern. It has Victorian gables on the front and a long porch running the full length of the house. Along the edge of the por …

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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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