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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL7_flint-river-primitive-baptist-church_Brownsboro-AL.html
FrontAlabama's oldest Baptist church was constituted by Elder John Nicholson on October 2, 1808 in the home of James Deaton in Killingsworth Cove. It was named "The Flint River Baptist Church of Christ." The original building was built circa 1809 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL6_william-hooper-councill_Huntsville-AL.html
"...A tower of knowledge, of strength, of power ...Let us build..."
Dr. William Hooper Councill served as President of Alabama A&M University and was the catalyst for its early development from its founding in 1875 until his death in 1909. Born…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL4_councill-training-school_Huntsville-AL.html
Side AIn 1919, the first building was erected nearby with funds provided locally and supplemented with a Julius Rosenwald Foundation grant. Named for William H. Councill, Alabama A&M University founder, the three-room structure was built for black…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL3_alabama-a-m-university-former-names-alabama-agricultural-and-mechanical-university_Huntsville-AL.html
Alabama A&M University former names1873 - Colored Normal School at Huntsville1885 - The Huntsville State Colored Normal and Industrial School1896 - The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes1919 - The State Agricultural and mechanic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL1_lincoln-school-and-village_Huntsville-AL.html
In 1918 William Lincoln Barrell of Lowell MA. purchased Abingdon Mill and transformed it into a large textile center of all concrete construction named Lincoln Mill Village. Phillip Peeler served as its superintendent from 1934-1953.
Built in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZ8_merrimack-mfg-co-village-joseph-j-bradley-school_Huntsville-AL.html
Merrimack Mfg. Co. & VillageIn 1899, construction started on Merrimack Mill and village. The mill began operation in 1900. A second mill building, added in 1903, made it one of the largest in the South. Under Joseph J. Bradley, Sr., managing agent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPD3_the-public-inn_Huntsville-AL.html
Constructed circa 1818 by John Adams at the NE corner of Madison St. and Williams Ave. Operated as an inn and boarding house by William E. Phillips from 1819-21; believed to have housed some delegates to the nearby Alabama Constitutional Conventio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPD2_helion-lodge-no-1_Huntsville-AL.html
First Masonic Lodge in Alabama. Chartered Aug. 29, 1811, under the Masonic Jurisdiction of Kentucky. Original building on this site erected in 1820.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPBI_twickenham-historic-district_Huntsville-AL.html
Designated by the City of Huntsville, Alabama March 23, 1972. This district is a living museum of American architectural styles dating from 1814.It encompasses about one~half of the original Town of Twickenham, Huntsville's first official name.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPBH_site-of-huntsville-female-college_Huntsville-AL.html
Organized in 1851 under the direction of the Methodist Episcopal Church, so this institution became one of the finest of its kind in the South in the education of girls from the primary through the college level.
Its aim was to "secure the symm…