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 S …
NOTE: Judson College suspended its academic operations on July 31, 2021. The Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame is now located hosted by the University of W …
Many motorists driving along Highway 43 between Demopolis and Eutaw have done a double-take when they see Bird’s Farm for the first time. Bird’s Farm …
Black Belt Treasures is a non-profit organization developed to showcase and promote the artists of the Alabama Black Belt region. Since opening its ga …
Bluff Hall is located atop a limestone cliff overlooking the Tombigbee River in Demopolis. The house was built in 1832 by Allen Glover for his daughte …
This is an interpretative museum that’s located beside the Town Park at downtown Gilbertown. The main building of the museum contains artifacts that …
This museum contains displays that illustrate life in Cuba from its beginning. Of special interest are photographs of Cuba since 1952. This museum is …
Constructed over an 18 year period (1843-1861), Gaineswood evolved from a two-room “dogtrot” cabin into a Greek Revival style mansion. General Nathan …
Inside the Monroeville, AL Post Office is a New Deal mural titled, “Harvesting”. This oil-on-canvas painting shows a farmer using a three-mule team t …
This building was built circa 1895 approximately one-half mile south of its current location and served the community as a general merchandise store o …
The Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum is located on the campus of Alabama Southern Community College in Thomasville. It is dedicated to preserving the wor …
Kenan’s Mill is a living-history museum. The main feature is Kenan’s grist mill which was built in the early 1860s and continuously owned and operated …
The Laird Cottage is a restored 1870 residence with Greek Revival and Italianate style. The building now serves as the headquarters of the Marengo Cou …
Magnolia Grove, an excellent example of temple-style Greek Revival architecture, was built around 1840 as a town house by Isaac and Sarah Croom, whose …
West of Marion, AL in the community of Folsom is one of Alabama’s last active plantations, one which has been in the same family since the early 1800s …
This building was built circa 1832 as a law office. It was the first YMCA building in the South to be owned by a local chapter. Additionally, the buil …
The Old Depot Museum is located at the old L&N Railroad Depot at the end of historic Water Avenue in downtown Selma. The Depot building was built …
The Old Monroe County Courthouse, completed in 1904, was designed by the prominent Southern architect Andrew Bryan. The courthouse gained national fam …
When traveling Highway 41 between Monroeville and Camden, you will pass a very picturesque scene at Franklin that includes several nicely restored bui …
The railroad started running through Pine Hill, AL in 1888. Pine Hill’s original depot was destroyed in 1896 when a train jumped track and crashed int …
Rikard’s Mill Historical Park is owned and operated by the Monroe County Heritage Museums. The park is located just north of Beatrice on Flat Creek. T …
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 Ru …
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail was established by Congress in 1996, to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting R …
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. Construction began on this house in 1852 but wa …
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 …
Joe Anderson owned and operated the Shoe Shop in Camden for over forty years. His daughter Betty Anderson has preserved the shop as a museum to honor …
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 …
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 “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 …
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 neighb …
Tommy Hart lives in Carlton, AL which is located in the remote southern end of Clarke County near the forks of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers. He i …
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 museum is located in Chatom in the basement of the Washington County Courthouse. It contains artifacts that depict the history of Washington Coun …
This Italianate-style cottage is located beside the historic Sturdivant Hall in Selma, AL. It was built in 1859 for Mr. and Mrs. Clement Billingslea …