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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNNB_historic-site_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Tuscaloosa's oldest house, The McGuire-Strickland, was built on this site ca. 1820; first occupant, Moses McGuire, Tuscaloosa County's first Probate Judge, State Representative 1845; sold to Dr. Rueben Searcy 1849; to the Presbyterian Church 1851 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNN8_the-friedman-home_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Built 1835 by Alfred Battle; purchased 1875 by Bernard Friedman; willed to the city of Tuscaloosa 1965 by Hugo Friedman.
Traditionally a social and cultural center in Tuscaloosa, it was the residence of Virginia Tunstall Clay-Clopton, author of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNN5_first-presbyterian-church_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Organized 1820.Moved to this site 1830.Present structure erected 1921.Under the leadership of Dr. Charles A. Stillman, (Minister, 1869-1895) it sponsored the founding of Stillman College in 1876. Its bell was the subject of a poem by Samuel Mintur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNMR_tuscaloosa-first-united-methodist-church_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Organized 1818 by Ebenezer Hearn. First building on this site erected in 1834 included a church bell moulded in Boston by coppersmiths Paul Revere and Sons. Present structure with marble Ionic columns was constructed 1922; Education Annex in 1953;…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNMQ_first-baptist-church_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Organized 1818, oldest church in Tuscaloosa County. First building was of logs. A brick structure completed 1830 and larger one at this site 1884. Educational building erected 1924 and present sanctuary 1958. Sunday School organized here 1830. Inf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNM9_chabannes-sealy-house_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
The Chavannes - Sealy House was built in 1847 by Hollis C. Kidder. The house passed through several owners until it was sold in 1920 to Julia Nuzon Morris. Her daughter, Julia Morris, married Norbert Chabannes. That family lived here until the hou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNM7_the-jemison-home_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Built by Robert Jemison Jr. Completed 1862, the 26 room Italian Villa style mansion is distinguished by its octagonal cupola and delicate carved fretwork. Jemison, a member of Alabama Legislature for 20 years (1840-63), 1861 Secession Convention (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAX_maxwell-hall_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Here, on the highest point of the original campus, stands the first celestial observatory at The University of Alabama and one of the oldest observatory buildings in the United States. Through the efforts of Professor F. A . P. Barnard, the first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMGX_university-of-alabama-civil-war-memorial_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
The University of Alabama gave to the Confederacy - 7 General Officers, 25 Colonels, 14 Lieutenant - Colonels, 21 Majors, 125 Captains, 273 Staff and other commissioned officers, 66 Non-Commissioned Officers and 294 Private Soldiers. Recognizing o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMGW_amelia-gayle-gorgas_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Daughter of John Gayle, Governor of Alabama.Wife of Josiah Gorgas, Brigadier General, C. S. A.Mother of William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General, U. S. A.
Untiring nurse in Confederate Hospitals, 1861-1865.First Historian Alabama Division, U. D…