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Aliceville Museum

The Aliceville Museum has grown from a single room in the Aliceville Public Library to a large facility encompassing three buildings, a courtyard, and a plaza area in downtown Aliceville.  The museum has been in its current location since 1995.  There …

Brierfield Ironworks Historical Park

Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park is an attractive, open park with a friendly staff. The terrain is primarily open and level, with a small wet-weather stream and a covered bridge not far from the park entrance. There are gently rolling hills t …

Fayette Courthouse

One of the greatest misfortunes to strike the town of Fayette was a fire that swept through the business district in 1911. It was on Friday, March 26, at 6 A.M., when fire was discovered in a drug store. Fanned by a brisk wind, the flames spread rapidl …

Fayette Depot Museum

Located in the restored, historic train station constructed in 1887, the Fayette Depot Museum contains a wealth of local historical artifacts – including a mint condition still! Also featured is a Civil War-era drum. It is maintained by the Fayette His …

Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery

Burial place of famed train robber Rube Burrows

Gorgas House Museum

The Gorgas House Museum is the oldest structure on the University of Alabama campus. Built in 1829, the building served as a dining hall, hotel, and residence for the University’s Steward. Converted into a faculty residence in the 1840s, it was one of …

Kirkwood Mansion

Kirkwood is a historic plantation home in Eutaw, Alabama. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1976, due to its architectural significance. Kirkwood is a historic antebellum plantation mansion located in Eutaw. It is a G …

Littleberry Pippen (Pippen Plantation) House

This is a private residence- drive by only This one-story wood-frame house, built in the early 1840’s, features a Creole Cottage-style architecture with later Greek Revival modifications. It is one of three similar Creole Cottage-style homes in Eutaw. …

Magnolia Grove

“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 plantations were about 20 miles south of Greensboro near Faunsdale. The main house and three depende …

Magnolia on Main

This is a private residence- drive by only. William Scears owned the plantation home, Glenville, which was located about three miles from town. He built “Magnolia on Main” circa 1904 as a townhouse for his family to make it more convenient for his chil …

Meriwether-Steele House

The Dr. Willis Meriwether House, also known as the Clark-Malone House, is a historic vernacular Greek Revival style house in Eutaw, AL. The house is a two-story wood framed building on a brick foundation.  Six square box columns span the front portico. …

Mesopotamia Female Seminary

The original site of the Mesopotamia Female Seminary was just west of Eutaw. In 1889 this building was moved to the present location at the intersection of Main & Wilson.  It became the core of Eutaw Female College, a reorganization of the old Euta …

Moundville Archaeological Park

Called “The Big Apple of the 14th Century” by National Geographic, Moundville Archaeological Park was once the site of a powerful prehistoric community that, at its peak, was America’s largest city north of Mexico.  Located on the Black Warrior River a …

Murphy-Dunlap House

This is a private residence- drive by only The Murphy-Dunlap house is just one of many historic antebellum homes in Eutaw, AL. This frame-story-over-high-brick-foundation style house was built in 1847 by Daniel R. Wright. It has an unusual “winter kitc …

Noel Ramsey House

The Noel-Ramsey home (sometimes called the Old French House) is unique in the annals of Alabama history.  This is the oldest home in Greensboro.  Constructed between 1819-21 by Thomas and Anne Hurtel Noel, it is the only surviving residence built by se …

Old City Cemetery

This beautifully-maintained and tranquil historic site includes graves of Confederate veterans and is documented in many historical records, including online sources. Address: City of Fayette; on west side of 3rd Ave NW, between 6th St NW and 9th St NW …

Pickens County Courthouse

The Pickens County Courthouse in Carrollton, Alabama is the courthouse for Pickens County, Alabama. It is famous for a ghostly image that can be seen in one of its windows, claimed to be the face of Henry Wells, who allegedly was falsely accused of bur …

Sheriff’s Office at the Town Square, 1842

This small two-story brick building is referred to as the Old Sheriff’s Office and the Grand Jury Room.  It is located on the northeast corner of Eutaw’s Old Courthouse Square and is identified by a bronze plaque that gives 1842 as the completion date …

St Stephens Episcopal Church, 1914

In 1845, the Anglican minister Rev. John H. Linebaugh organized and taught an Anglican confirmation class in Eutaw. Nine were confirmed in June of 1845 and the small congregation was organized into a parish. The first vestry was elected and appointed t …

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1854

Join us in worship on the fourth Sunday of every month at 11 am. This church was built in 1854 at the plantation community of The Fork of Greene located twelve miles southeast of Boligee, AL.  The building was consecrated by Bishop Cobbs on April 28, 1 …

Tannehill Ironworks Historical Park

Tannehill State Historical Park spans three counties and has more than 1,500 acres available for outdoor recreation, such as hiking, swimming, and birding. The park is home to iron furnaces that date back to 1830. The furnaces, once used by the Confede …

Uptown Centerville Historic Square

Beautiful buildings line the late nineteenth century square and overlooks the Cahaba River. Shopping, dining, and strolling the streets are offered on the square. The square centers around the courthouse. Built in 1902, the courthouse is the centerpiec …

Vaughn-Morrow House (Greene Co Hist Soc)

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 construction. A one-story porch spans the full width of the east and south facades. It was added to the Na …

Webb-Grubbs House, “Shadowlawn” c 1840

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 remodeling, a two-story porch was added with a door on the second level entering a balcony.

West Blocton Coke Ovens

Originally opened in 1996, the West Blocton Coke Ovens Park is situated among the ruins of 467 ovens that were capable of producing 600 tons of coke daily. Construction on the ovens began in 1887 and the first coke was produced in 1888. The Blocton ove …