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Alabama Rural Heritage Center at Thomaston, AL

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 …

Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame located in Judson’s Bean Hall at Marion, AL

The Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame honors the achievements of outstanding women from Alabama. Established in 1970, the first women were inducted the following year. The AWHOF became a state agency by an act of the Alabama legislature in 1975. The museum …

Auburn Rural Studio at Newbern, AL

Established in 1993 by architects Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee and D. K. Ruth, the 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 St …

Bird’s Farm at Forkland, AL

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 is a large field beside Highway 43 that contains many amusing and imaginative creations, most of whic …

Black Belt Treasures at Camden, AL

Black Belt Treasures is a non-profit organization developed to showcase and promote the arts of the Black Belt region. Since opening its gallery in Camden, AL in 2005, Black Belt Treasures had grown from representing 75 artists to over 450 artists. Bla …

Bluff Hall at Demopolis, AL (built 1832 & modified 1840s; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP)

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 daughter, Sarah Serena Glover, and her husband, Francis Strother Lyon. The Lyons used Bluff Hall as a townhou …

Choctaw County Historical Museum at Gilbertown, AL

This is an interpretative museum that’s located beside the Town Park at downtown Gilbertown.  The main building of the museum contains artifacts that illustrate life in Choctaw County during earlier times.  Behind the main museum is another building th …

Clarke County Historical Museum at Grove Hill, AL

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 the Alston-Cobb House which was built in 1854. The museum contains a treasure of southwest Alabama hist …

Cuba, Alabama Museum

This museum contains displays that illustrate live in Cuba from its beginning. Of special interest are photographs of Cuba since 1952. This museum is featured site #22 in the Sumter County, Alabama Historical Points of Interest visitors brochure. The m …

Gaineswood at Demopolis, AL (constructed 1843-1861; recorded in HABS; listed on the NRHP)

Constructed over an 18 year period (1843-1861), Gaineswood evolved from a two-room “dogtrot” cabin into a Greek Revival style mansion.  General Nathan Bryan Whitfield, the builder, was his own architect, though he had no formal training.  The labor was …

HARVESTING Mural at Monroeville, Alabama Post Office

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 to pull a threshing machine across a wheat field.  The artist that painted the mural is Arthur L. Bairn …

Heiberger Post Office at Heiberger, AL (building built ca. 1895, Post Office operated 1904-1959)

This building was built circa 1895 approximately one-half mile south of its current location and served the community as a general merchandise store owned by William Fletcher Moore. The building was moved to its present location in 1904. Also during 19 …