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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHH_harrison-brothers-hardware_Huntsville-AL.html
Harrison Brothers, the oldest operating hardware store in Alabama, was founded in 1879 when James B. Daniel and T. Harrison opened a tobacco shop on Jefferson Street. In 1897 they purchased this building on South Side Square and expanded into the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHG_methodism-brought-into-area-1807-first-united-methodist-church_Huntsville-AL.html
Methodist Society organized at Hunt's Spring prior to formation of Madison County, served 1808-1820 by Flint Circuit traveling ministers. First Church built 1821 NW corner Clinton and Gallatin Streets. Present site acquired 1832, church completed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHF_first-presbyterian-church_Huntsville-AL.html
Organized June 15, 1818 by the Rev. Gideon Blackburn, D.D.
One of the state's oldest Presbyterian churches.
This site was selected for the first church building, dedicated on Oct. 13, 1822. The second and present, sanctuary was dedicated on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHC_first-bank-in-alabama_Huntsville-AL.html
Housed on this site in brick building44 ft. x 54 ft
Chartered by Mississippi Territorial Legislature December 11, 1816
Commenced operations October 17, 1817, shortly thereafter made depository for Huntsville Federal Land Office funds.
Cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHB_confederate-monument_Huntsville-AL.html
Erected on November 21, 1905, a handsome monument was dedicated to the Confederate dead by the Virginia Clay Clopton Chapter #1107 United Daughters of the Confederacy of Huntsville, and was unveiled with proper ceremonies in which many veterans of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIH9_central-presbyterian-church_Huntsville-AL.html
This church which had its origins in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was first mentioned at a meeting of the Presbytery on April 7, 1812. It became known as First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Huntsville, Alabama. In 1828 the first building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIH0_calhoun-house_Huntsville-AL.html
On this site stood the Calhoun House, used as a Federal Courthouse, where desperado Frank James was tried and found not guilty, by jury trial, on April 25, 1884, for robbery of a government payroll near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, March 11, 1881. One …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNS_alabamas-constitution-and-statehood_Huntsville-AL.html
Before statehood, the Alabama Territory had only limited rights of self government. Between July 5 and August 2, 1819, forty-four delegates from across the Territory convened in Huntsville to draft a constitution for statehood. Lawyers, merchants,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMETV_passenger-depot_Huntsville-AL.html
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company Eastern Division headquarters in this passenger depot, adjoining yards and ships captured by Union Army April 11, 1862. Vital east-west Confederate rail link severed; C.S.A. soldiers imprisoned here. Depot l…