Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
Libraries
The Florence-Lauderdale Public Library is located across from Wilson Park, one block north of its old location. The library features many educational programs and classes including genealogy classes and computer technology classes. The library has a local history room and a digital archive, making it a center for local history work in the county. The library also has a café and a book store sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
flpl.org
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
2000's
Killen Library
Libraries
The Killen Public Library is located off Highway 72 on JC Maudlin Highway. The library has a genealogy room, DVD rentals, as well as a summer reading program. The library is open Monday-Friday.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
"Killen Public Library." Killen Public Library. Accessed April 25, 2015.
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Unknown
W.C. Handy
African-American History
WC Handy was born in Florence in 1873. Handy became internationally known as the "Father of the Blues" and his songs include "Memphis Blues", "Beale Street Blues", and "St. Louis Blues". The log cabin in which Handy was born has been moved to 620 West College St., restored, and turned into a museum.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
McDonald, Elizabeth. "History of Florence City Schools." Florence, AL: self-published.
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
1873
Oak Grove African Methodist Episcopal church
African-American history
Oak Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1870 by Charles Weems, Joe Person, and Jim Simpson. At the time of its founding, the church only had 12 members. The church was originally built in Oakland, a community just west of Florence. It then moved to Jones Place, and its last move was to its current location. The church has had a total of 45 pastors and has a current body of 110 members.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
"Oak Grove AME Church." Oak Grove AME Church. Accessed April 25, 2015.
Alabama cultural resource survey
1870
Burrell-Slater School
African-American History; Education; Lauderdale County, AL
When founded, Burrell Normal School was a high school for African-American students and included a year of teacher training for those who wanted to become teachers. In 1937, the school moved into the building that housed Slater Elementary School, and the school was renamed Burrell-Slater School. In 1960, this building was destroyed by fire and a 1962 a new building was built on W. College St. and cost $515,000 to construct.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
McDonald, Elizabeth. "History of Florence City Schools." Florence, AL: Self-published.
Alabama cultural resource survey
Wendell Wilkie Gunn
African-American history
Wendell Wilkie Gunn was the first African-American student to enroll at the University of North Alabama. He was also the first African-American student to earn a degree from UNA. Gunn went on to work in banking and became the vice president for Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. Gunn completed an oral history interview with UNA Public History students in the fall of 2013. The interview transcript can be viewed here.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
"First Black Graduate of Florence State Is Now Vice-President of New York Bank." The Flor-Ala. University of North Alabama Archives.
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
1963
2005.36.111: (E.T. Sabal?) to P.M.B. Young, 1859 May 14
1859; P.M.B. Young; Marietta; Georgia; sickness; health conditions
A letter to P.M.B. Young from a friend who is sick and unable to leave home.
(E.T. Sabal?)
P.M.B. Young Collection, Bartow History Museum
Bartow History Museum
Auburn University
1859 May 14
Peter R. Thomas Jr.
Auburn University
Bartow History Museum
JPEG
English
Manuscript
2005.36.118: (Fannie?) to Louisa Young Jones, 1859 September 14
1859; Fannie; Leon; Tranquilla; Oglethorpe; Georgia; Lula; Ma; Father; Travel; Visit; Sickness
The unknown writer is telling Tom about his/her baby daughter and hopes that she will be able to visit her soon. 2 handwritten pages. *The second page is written in a different hand.
(Fannie?)
P.M.B. Young Collection, Bartow History Museum
Bartow History Museum
Auburn University
1859 September 14
Graham R. Neeley
Auburn University
Bartow History Museum
JPEG
English
Manuscript
2005.36.311: (Henry Thompson Jones?) to Thomas F. Jones, Jr., 1860 July 12
1860; Thomas F. Jones, Jr.; Nancy's Creek; John Allen, Col. W.; Travel; Horse; Mule; Transcription
Letter written by Henry asking Tom if he could borrow “either a horse or mule” for an upcoming trip. 1 handwritten page.
(Henry Thompson Jones?)
P.M.B. Young Collection, Bartow History Museum
Bartow History Museum
Auburn University
1860 July 12
Graham R. Neeley
Auburn University
Bartow History Museum
JPEG
PDF
English
Manuscript
2005.36.86: (T.J. Jones?) to Brother, 1856 July 20
1856; Greenville; South Carolina; Jones; Pa; Will; Dr. Dean; Jobs; Christmas; Drug Store
(T.J. Jones?) writes to his brother incurring about job prospects and the possibility of him coming to work for him. 2 handwritten pages.
(T.J. Jones?)
P.M.B. Young Collection, Bartow History Museum
Bartow History Museum
Auburn University
1856 July 20
Graham R. Neeley
Auburn University
Bartow History Museum
JPEG
English
Manuscript
2011: Bob the street cat on a bus
Transportation, Buses, Public transportation, Animals, Cats
According to the photographer: "A somewhat unusual passenger on the 73 bus; he sat in his seat, washing himself matter-of-factly, as if it were a perfectly normal place for a cat to be." Bob the ginger cat is the companion of James Bowen, who is a street musician who sells the homeless persons' magazine Big Issue in London. Bowen rescued Bob and the two now go everywhere together. Bowen wrote about his life with Bob in the book A Street Cat Named Bob.
acb
acb's photostream on Flickr
Auburn University Libraries
2011-07-02
Caudle, Dana M.
Creative Commons license
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United Kingdom -- England -- London
Caroline Lee Hentz Marker
Walk of Honor Historic Markers; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
This marker is located on South Cox Creek Parkway (Alabama Route 133), Florence, Alabama.
The text on the marker reads: "Educator and author Caroline Hentz was among the first female novelists in America. Her 13 volumes were some of the most popular in the U.S. during the mid-1800s, and her three dramas were produced in major cities."
Hentz was inducted to the Florence Walk of Honor in 2007.
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
“Caroline Lee Hentz”. Accessed 09/21/2015. http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
2007
Still Image
Wilson Park
Lauderdale County; Florence, Alabama; Florence History; Recreation; Ferdinand Sannonner; Woodrow Wilson
Wilson Park was designated as a public walk by Ferdinand Sannoner in his original plan for Florence in 1818. It is a one square block with an area of 2.5 acres. On February 20, 1924, the Board of City Commissioners officially changed its name from City Park to Woodrow Wilson Park in honor of the former U.S. President following his death. The park underwent two renovations, one in 1930 paid for by Mrs. Mary Emily Savage Price and the other one occurring on August 15, 1973. It was in the 1973 redevelopment that a plaza was constructed with a fountain being donated by the Douglass family and benches incorporated throughout the park. The updates to the park were completed in 1974.
Andrew Lopez, University of North Alabama
United States. Wilson Park Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage Nomination Form. Alabama Historical Commission. University of North Alabama Archives.
Image:
University of North Alabama Archives, Postcard Collection, PC22
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
December 4, 2015
Thimbleton
Historic Homes; Lauderdale County, Alabama; Florence, Alabama
The Thimbelton home is located on 221 West Tuscaloosa Street in Florence, Alabama. Originally built as a two-story frame home in 1830, Thimbleton was modified to a Second Empire style home in the late 1800s. The home now has a false mansard roof (viewed from behind the home the false front is visible) and exceptional iron roof cresting. It is also L shaped. Ferdinand Sannoner drew up the plans. The original owners are unknown but in 1839 Thomas Kirkman inherited it, then in 1881 Mr. William P. Campell got it and through his widow Mary Coffee O’Neal, the home was passed into the hands of Edward A. O’Neal, III. Mr. O’Neal was president of the American Farm Bureau Federation during the administration of FDR. The home still stands today in downtown Florence, Alabama.
Anna Hughes, University of North Alabama
Alabama’s Tapestry of Historic Places: an inventory: page 92
Historic Muscle Shoals: a guide to places of historical interest in Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, Alabama: Tennessee Valley Historical Society: page 40
Journal of Muscle Shoals History: Historic Muscle Shoals Buildings and Sites: page 125
Florence Times: House and Gardening Pilgrimage April 25, 1954: UNA Archives, Florence Collection. Buildings. Miscellaneous
Picture Source: UNA Archives, Photo Collection, File: Architecture. Domestic. Florence, Photo# AD: 25-11.
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
November 24, 2015
Collier Library
Libraries
Collier Library was built by the Works Project Administration and opened to students in 1930. It was built in the Gothic Revival architectural style, like many of the WPA buildings on the University of North Alabama campus. In 1963, an expansion doubled the size of the original library and in 1982, another expansion again doubled the square footage of the library.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
"Collier Memorial Library." Department of History & Political Science. Accessed April 15, 2015.
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
1940
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Rogersville Public Library
Libraries
The Rogersville Public Library is located just off Highway 72. It offers genealogy services, test proctoring, and Wi-Fi access. The library is open 9am-7pm Tuesday-Thursday, 9-5 on Fridays, and 9-3 on Saturdays.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
"Rogersville, AL Public Library." Rogersville, AL Public Library. Accessed April 25, 2015.
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Unknown
John Coffee Slave Cemetery
African-American History; Lauderdale County, AL; Cemeteries; Florence, AL
John Coffee was born in 1772 and served under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. John Coffee was one of the founding fathers of Florence and had a plantation northeast of Florence. Two acres were deeded separately to contain the family cemetery, as well as the slave cemetery. The slave cemetery has no original markers, but it has been determined that over 100 graves are present. The Florence Historical Board has marked the graves that could be located with stone markers.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives
Alabama cultural resource survey
Early nineteenth century
Sweetwater Mansion
African-American History; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County; AL; Historic Houses
Sweetwater plantation was built between 1828 and 1835 and it was inherited by Patton family. As working plantation, Sweetwater had many slaves; however, Sweetwater hold a place in African-American history, not just for its leave history, but also for the endearment many former slaves held for the patent family. There are numerous legends surrounding slaves of Sweetwater plantation.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives
Alabama cultural resource survey
1828
St. Marks Missionary Baptist Church
African-American history
The site of St. Mark's missionary Baptist Church has been in continuous use by the African-American community of Florence since 1859. Originally, the church body met under a brush arbor. The current church building was built in 1901.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives; Dr. Carolyn Barske, Images of America: Florence.
Alabama cultural resource survey
1859
Percy Casey
African-American history
Percy Casey was born in Florence in 1872 to Willis and Mary Casey. Percy worked two jobs--one as a boss repairman for the Florence Cycle Company and second as a pressman for the Florence Herald until his death in 1902. Percy was also a member of the Colored Knights of Pythias.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives; Florence Herald obituary
Alabama cultural resource survey
1902
Dred Scott
African-American history
Dred Scott was born as a slave in Virginia. In 1820, he came to Florence with the Peter Blow family. Seven years later, the Blow's Inn was established and Scott served as a stable hand. In 1830, the Blow family relocated to St. Louis, Missouri and Dred was sold to Dr. John Emerson. After Emerson's death, Dred Scott sued for his freedom. The case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was heard in 1857. Supreme Justice Roger Taney and the majority of the Supreme Court decided that persons of African descent had no legal standing and thus, were not citizens of the United States. The decision was a major catalyst for the abolition movement.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives; florenceal.gov
Alabama cultural resource survey
Early nineteenth century
Reuben Patterson
African-American history
A former slave, Ruben Patterson was taken to war by Colonel Josiah Patterson as part of the fifth Alabama Calvary. After the war Ruben owned a shoe shine stand and was known to the community as "Uncle" Reuben. He and his wife are buried In the Florence Cemetery and his tombstone has Confederate regalia.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives
Alabama cultural resource survey
Mid-late nineteenth century
Hopewell African Methodist Episcopal Church
African American History; St. Florian, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
The Hopewell Church near St. Florian was the site of tragedy when, in 1865, the grandfather of WC Handy, Christopher Brewer, was shot and left for dead by Elias Thrasher, "Mountain" Tom Clark, and their gang. They also tortured and killed Brewer's former master John Wilson when he refused to reveal the location of his hidden money.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
Lee Freeman, "African-American Heritage of Lauderdale County. University of North Alabama archives.
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
c. Mid Nineteenth Century
Text
Locust Dell Academy
African American History; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
Locust Dell Academy was established by Nicholas Hentz and his wife Caroline in the 1840s. The school for girls was built by two slaves, Charles Gray and Washington Farris, who had been "rented out" by their masters. The school was absorbed by Florence Female College in 1855. Willingham Hall now sits on its site.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
Elizabeth McDonald, "History of Florence City Schools." University of North Alabama archives
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
1840's
Text
Ingram-Thornton Cemetery for Blacks
African American History; Rogersville, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
Harrison Ingram was well known in the Rogersville community. He was a stonemason and a carpenter and according to his family he was one of the first in his community to have electricity. Ingram and his father established an African American cemetery named Ingram-Thornton Cemetery in 1881. It has since been renamed Thorntontown Cemetery. Physical evidence suggests the orientation of the cemetery has changed. In the older portion of the cemetery, the tombstones face opposite from the entrance.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
1881
Text
University of North Alabama
African American History; Desegregation; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL; University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama was established in 1830 and for much of its history was an all-white institution. However, the University, then Florence State College, officially desegregated when Wendell Wilkie Gunn attended classes in 1963. The transition to an integrated system at the University of North Alabama was quiet and nonviolent. Some sources attribute this to the cosmopolitan population of Florence, Alabama due to the presence of the Tennessee Valley Authority and other international corporations.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama Archives; Times Daily
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
1963
Text
Dred Scott Historic District
African American History; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
The Dred Scott Historic District was proposed as a national historic district. The historic district consisted of one square block between Court St., Tennessee Street, Seminary Street, and College Street. It was nominated on the basis of historical, commercial, and architectural significance. The nomination, however, was not approved and the proposed district is now contained within the Downtown Historic District.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives
Alabama cultural resource survey
Unknown
Text
W. C. Handy Elementary School
African American History; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
In 1951, Florence city schools named an elementary school after its native son WC Handy. The school was considered very modern, was built during the administration of JW Powell, and had a faculty of twenty-six.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
Elizabeth McDonald, "History of Florence City Schools." University of North Alabama archives
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Text
Eastside Church of Christ
African American History; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
The congregation of Eastside Church of Christ was formed in Florence Alabama in the 1920's and was the first African-American Church of Christ congregation in the area. The church purchased its current building in 2004.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
Dr. Carolyn Barske, Images of America: Florence
Alabama cultural resource survey
1920's
Richard Henry Alphine
African-American history
Richard Alphine was born a slave on the Alphine plantation in Mississippi in 1853. Richard was 12 years old at the end of the Civil War and often told stories about his memories of the war. In 1918, Richard moved to Florence for work and lived with the Web Staggs family on Sweetwater Avenue. Richard dug wells in East Florence for the rest of his life and was known in the community as "Uncle Mainline."
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives
Alabama cultural resource survey
Late nineteenth century
Sam Patton
African-American history
Born in 1837, Sam grew up with William "Billy" Patton, his young master. Because Sam's mother was the cook for the Patton family, he lived in the kitchen behind the big house. When Alabama seceded from the Union, Billy took Sam with him to war. In 1862, Billy and Sam fought with Company C of the 16th Alabama Infantry at Shiloh. On April 6, Billy fell, mortally wounded in a charge south of Shiloh Church. As the Confederates retreated, Sam refused to leave Billy's body on the battlefield. When darkness fell, Sam recovered Billy's body and returned him to his family at Sweetwater.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
William McDonald, Civil War Tales of the Tennessee Valley. University of North Alabama archives
Alabama cultural resource survey
1837
Edmund Patton
African-American history
During the Civil War, Sherman's men raided the Sweetwater Plantation. One slave, named Edmund managed to warn the family of the raid. When the soldiers attempted to make their way upstairs to the rooms of the Patton's daughters, Edmund blocked their path. After the Civil War, the Patton's gave Edmund--nicknamed "Uncle Champ"--acreage and a farm house. He was also buried in the family cemetery.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
William McDonald, Civil War Tales from the Tennessee Valley. University of North Alabama archives.
Alabama cultural resource survey
1860's
Chief Colbert
African-American history
Chief George Colbert owned a ferry across the Tennessee River, connecting Colbert and Lauderdale Counties. Colbert owned many African-American slaves. One such slave was named Lem Colbert, who operated Colbert's ferry at Waterloo, Alabama.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
William McDonald, A Walk Through the Past. University of North Alabama archives.
Alabama cultural resource survey
Late eighteenth-early nineteenth century
John H. Rapier
African-American history
John H. Rapier was a freed African-American in Florence, Alabama. Born as a slave in 1808, Rapier was emancipated in 1829 by the last will and testament of Richard Rapier. Upon receiving his freedom, John became a barber and earned an income of about $1000 per year. Rapier became influential in the community and upon his death in 1869, was considered a wealthy man. Rapier's son, John Thomas Rapier, became a US senator from the state of Alabama during the Reconstruction.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama archives
Alabama cultural resource survey
1808
The Chickasaw
African-American history
The first African-Americans who lived in the Shoals were slaves of the Chickasaw tribe. When the Chickasaws from Alabama and Mississippi were removed from their homes in the 1830s, the census included 1156 slaves. Tom Melton, an Irishman who lived among the Chickasaws, most definitely had African-American slaves at his home site near present-day Rogersville.
Ashley Pentecost, University of North Alabama
William McDonald, A Walk Through the Past. University of North Alabama archives
Alabama cultural resource survey
Late eighteenth-early nineteenth century
2005.36.193: Assistant Adjutant General Roy to Pierce M.B. Young, 1865 February 7
1865; Charleston; South Carolina; Georgia; Special Orders No. 32; Iverson's Division
Order from Confederate Army headquarters, Dept. of SC, GA & FL assigning Major General Young to the command of Iverson's Division to assume his commission. By command of Lieutenant General Hardee. Original document consists of one handwritten page.
Assistant Adjutant General Roy
P.M.B. Young Collection, Bartow History Museum
Bartow History Museum
Auburn University
1865 February 7
Shari L. Williams
Auburn University
Bartow History Museum
JPEG
English
Manuscript
Nunn-Winston Home, 1850-1934
Architectural drawings; Watercolors; Houses; Dwellings; Doors & doorways; Windows; Shutters; Porches; Columns; Roofs; Chimneys; Moldings; Women; Trees; Landscapes (Representations)
This image is a watercolor painting of the Nunn-Winston Home, also known as the Neva-Winston House, in Auburn, Alabama done by W.C. Baker, Jr. in 1934. The house was built in 1850. The painting shows the front exterior of the home with its double doors, windows, shutters, columned porch, steps, sloped roof, and chimneys flanked by trees and landscaping. There is a woman in period dress standing by the door. The house is placed within framing art showing its architectural features including a floor plan and a close-up of the columns and the molding under the roof. In the lower right corner, there is an Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture stamp with the handwritten inscription "1st H. Mention"? and a sticker which reads: "W.C. Baker, Jr., Alabama Polytechnic Institute, measured problem, major problem no." The painting is in excellent condition and is encapsulated.
Baker, W. C., Jr. (rendering)
Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives Dept. Architecture, School of -- Architectural Renderings Student Projects
Auburn University Libraries
1934-01-01
1850-01-01
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City of Auburn: http://www.auburnalabama.org/parks/Default.aspx?PageID=663 ; Panoramio: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9204425
PDF
English
Still image
RG457_009.pdf
Auburn -- Lee County -- Alabama ; 520 Chadwick Lane, Kiesel Park (moved from South Gay Street), Auburn, Lee County, AL
2007: Sailboat in Storm
Sailing
Sailboat right before a storm hits in the North Sea, showing the potential danger of relying on this kind of transportation
Beer, Frank
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Auburn University Libraries
2007-11-26
Kuhn, Wiebke
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English
Still image
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Netherlands, North Sea
Pollard Mansion, 1853-1938
Architectural drawings; Watercolors; Mansions; Houses; Dwellings; Brickwork; Doors & doorways; Windows; Porches; Columns; Balconies; Hand railings; Ironwork; Roofs; Chimneys; Moldings; Women; Trees; Landscapes (Representations)
This image is a watercolor painting of the Pollard Mansion (also known as the Colonel Charles Teed Pollard House) in Montgomery, Alabama done by D. Benton in 1938. The mansion was built in 1853. The painting shows the front exterior of the house with its brick walls, doors, windows, two-story columned porch, steps, iron balcony, decorative ironwork on the wings, flat roof and chimneys surrounded by trees and landscaping. There is a woman in period dress on the porch. The house is placed within framing art showing its architectural features including the decorative ironwork on the wings, the iron balcony railing, a corner of the roof and the molding under it, side and top views of a column, a floor plan, a side view of the house. In the lower right corner, there is an Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture stamp with a handwritten inscription "2nd Medal" and the artist's information block which reads: "A measured drawing, the Pollard Mansion, Montgomery, Alabama, Ala. Poly. Inst., Auburn, Ala., Arch 476, Major I, March 3, 1939, D. Benton." There are three labels in the upper left corner. The first reads: "School of Architecture Architectural Renderings, RG 457, Original number 16, "The Pollard Mansion." The second reads: "The Pollard Mansion, Montgomery, AL." The third reads: "16." The painting is in good condition with minor edge wear and is encapsulated.
Benton, D. (rendering) ; Randolph, B. F. (house)
Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives Dept. Architecture, School of -- Architectural Renderings Student Projects
Auburn University Libraries
1939-01-01
1853-01-01
This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archive@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Library of Congress (Historic American Buildings Survey): http://www.loc.gov/item/al0658/
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English
Still image
RG457_016.pdf
Montgomery -- Montgomery County -- Alabama ; 117 Jefferson Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL (and N. Lawrence)
Northeast Alabama Community College
Jackson County, Dekalb County, Rainsville, Sand Mountain, Education
Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) is a comprehensive, public two-year college within the Alabama Community College System; it is one of 12 junior colleges created by the Alabama State Legislature during the administration of Gov. George C. Wallace. NACC is located on State Highway 35 approximately five miles from Rainsville, DeKalb County; its grounds straddle the county line between DeKalb and Jackson counties. - See more at: http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2611#sthash.adCiCsrn.dpuf
Blake Wilhelm
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2611#sthash.adCiCsrn.dpuf
Northeast Alabama Community College
1965-present
Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel
Jackson County, Stevenson, Transportation, Railroads, Civil War, National Register of Historic Places
Stevenson's importance as the junction of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and the Memphis and Charleston Railroad predates the Civil War. The town and its railroad junction were of strategic importance during the war for both sides. Stevenson was occupied by the Union army for much of the war and was a particularly vital location in the Chickamauga campaign. The original depot building was destroyed by fire during or shortly after the Civil War. The depot and hotel structures that stand today are indicative of many similar structures that were built in Appalachia in the late 19th century. The hotel and depot were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Blake Wilhelm
Secrist, Philip L.. "Stevenson Historic District." <em>National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form</em>. Southern Tech, Marietta, GA, September 13, 1978.<br /><br />West, Carroll Van. "Stevenson Depot and Hotel." <em>Encyclopedia of Appalachia</em>. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2006.
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
circa 1872-present
photo by Jimmy Emerson
text and photograph
Bridgeport Railroad Depot
Jackson County, Bridgeport, Transportation, Railroad, National Register of Historic Places
Constructed in 1918, the Bridgeport Train Depot operated through the late 1960s and today is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It houses the Bridgeport Area Historical Association Museum. (Encyclopedia of Alabama)
Blake Wilhelm
http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/02000479.pdf
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3072
Carmichael, Flossie, and Ronald Lee. In and Around Bridgeport. Collegedale, TN: The College Press, 1969.
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
1917-present
Photograph by Jimmy Emerson
Fort Harker
Jackson County, Stevenson, Military Fortification, Civil War, National Register of Historic Places, Alabama Historical Commission Markers
Constructed by the Union Army in the summer of 1862 and expanded in 1864, using soldiers and freed slaves, Ft. Harker was built on a broad hill a quarter-mile east of town. It overlooked Crow Creek and was well within firing range of Stevenson’s strategic railroad lines, supply depots and warehouses.
Ft. Harker was an earthen redoubt, 150 feet square, with walls 14 feet high, surrounded by an 8 foot deep dry moat. It contained 7 cannon platforms, a bomb-proof powder magazine, a draw-bridge entrance and an 8-sided wooden blockhouse at its center. Soldiers building the fort reported that “the soil is very hard, requiring the continual use of a pick.” Despite that, Ft. Harker was critical to Union plans. The officer in charge was ordered by his commanding general “to work night and day” to complete the fort “as rapidly as possible.”
One other large fort, two smaller redoubts and at least seven blockhouses were constructed along the railroad lines at Stevenson during the Civil War. No major fighting occurred here, but skirmishes and sniper attacks were common as territory traded hands between Union and Confederate forces.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 5/2/77
(From the historical marker erected at the site by the Alabama Historical Commission)
Blake Wilhelm
Historical marker erected at the site by the Alabama Historical Commission
http://focus.nps.gov/nrhp/AssetDetail?assetID=95bdb8b3-ef52-477c-851f-ae8cb34f821d
http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/78000491.pdf
http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.23042/
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
1862-1865
Skyline School
Jackson County, Skyline, New Deal
Skyline Farms was an effort to build a “new world” in rural America. It would be a world in which tenant farmers, hit hard by the Depression, would become self-sufficient landowners and live in an idyllic village. The program was started by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in 1934 and operated later by the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration. Skyline Farms, carved out of the mountain wilderness, was one of some forty “farm communities” established during the Franklin Roosevelt Presidency.
The federal government acquired some 18,000 acres of land for Skyline Farms, initially called “Cumberland Mountain Farms”. The program was intended for out-of-work tenant farmers and participants were carefully screened in regard to character and work records. Families were to have a new start in life by acquiring a home and eventually their own 40-acre farm. The program also provided work for the unemployed in the area through construction of roads and buildings. Additionally, the government built a small factory at Skyline, and then leased the facility to a private company.
As with other farm community programs, Skyline Farms was controversial. Detractors labeled such programs as socialistic and compared them to communes, even though the government was trying to transform the participants into independent entrepreneurs. The programs were charged with waste and mismanagement and despite the good intentions of the project; few of the selected families were able to acquire their units. Most families could never make the one-fourth down payment and finally, under pressure from Congress, the Farm Security Administration ended its farm community programs and units at Skyline were sold to private buyers. Sadly, Skyline Farms families who could not make their down payment were forced to leave their homes.
Skyline Farms did have its benefits. It carried many families through the worst part of the Depression and people received adequate health care, food, clothing, and housing during very hard times. Many participants learned skills at Skyline Farms that permitted them to find work as painters, stonemasons, or carpenters after they left the project. And the children of the project obtained educations that would last a lifetime. (from the Alabama Historical Association historical marker, compiled from research by Dr. David Campbell)
Blake Wilhelm
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-15461934-
http://focus.nps.gov/nrhp/AssetDetail?assetID=f45c8e40-c386-48d2-af26-286d5bce5ef9
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/lessonplans&ideas/Lesson_Plan--Skyline_Alabama.pdf
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
1934-present
Photograph by Jimmy Emerson
Brown-Proctor House
Scottsboro, Jackson County, Politics, Government, National Register of Historic Places
The Brown-Proctor House is primarily significant for its associations with John F. Proctor, a local politician who purchased the house in 1907 and gave it its current appearance. Proctor was a prominent attorney who served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1892-1895 and in the Alabama Senate from 1896-1899, holding the office of Secretary of the Senate. He was a member of the Alabama Constitutional Convention and later served as a court-appointed attorney in the first trial of the Scottsboro Boys in 1931. After his death in 1939, the house continued to be occupied by his family until the early 1980s.
Completed in 1881 for John A. Brown at a cost of $3200, the house was advertised for sale in the following year and with one interim owner was purchased in 1884 by General John R. Coffey for his daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Brown. The couple occupied the house sporadically until its sale to John Franklin Proctor in 1907. Between 1907 and 1911, Proctor extensively remodeled the house, giving it its present appearance. The house remained in the Proctor family until 1981, when it was acquired by the Scottsboro Museum Commission. (from Mertins, Ellen; Judith Proctor (July 23, 1982). "Brown-Proctor House". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service.)
Since 1985, the Brown-Proctor house has served as the home of the Scottsboro Jackson Heritage Center, a historical and cultural museum focusing on Scottsboro and Jackson County.
Blake Wilhelm
Mertins, Ellen; Judith Proctor (July 23, 1982). "Brown-Proctor House". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service.
http://focus.nps.gov/nrhp/AssetDetail?assetID=f2e6df1f-91c2-47ee-ace9-89c3fd544f6f
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
1881-present
Russell Cave National Monument
Bridgeport, Doran's Cove, Jackson County, Prehistoric, Native American,
Russell Cave is located in northeast Alabama near the town of Bridgeport in Jackson County. It is a significant archaeological site that provides a record of thousands of years of human use. Russell Cave was named a National Monument in 1961 and a placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Today, the cave is part of the national park system and hosts visitors from all over the world. Russell Cave is a stop on the North Alabama Birding Trail. It is named for the Russell family, which for many generations owned the land surrounding the cave."
Blake Wilhelm
http://www.nps.gov/ruca/index.htm
http://focus.nps.gov/nrhp/AssetDetail?assetID=b331281d-c793-4bdf-90c3-2cb0e1c19e98
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2940
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
10,000 B.C.-1650 A.D.
Scottsboro Freight Depot
Scottsboro, Jackson County, Transportation, Railroad, Civil War, National Register of Historic Places
Blake Wilhelm
http://www.scottsborodepotmuseum.com/
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
1859-present.
Skyline Farms Commissary (Rock Store)
Jackson County, Skyline, New Deal, National Register of Historic Places
Blake Wilhelm
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-15461934-
http://focus.nps.gov/nrhp/AssetDetail?assetID=f45c8e40-c386-48d2-af26-286d5bce5ef9
http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/lessonplans&ideas/Lesson_Plan--Skyline_Alabama.pdf
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
1934-present
Averyville
Jackson County, Stevenson, Civil War, Reconstruction, Alabama Historical Commission Markers
During the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War, a freedmen’s community was established in this area called Averyville, named for the Pennsylvania minister and successful businessman Charles Avery, a longtime and faithful champion of Negro education. Wilmer Walton, a Quaker missionary, moved to Stevenson and Averyville as early as 1865, opening a school financed by the Quaker “Friends’ Association for Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen”. Soon, some seventy-five students, both adults and children, were enrolled in Walton’s school. Another teacher and Quaker missionary, Henrietta Starkweather, succeeded Wilmer Walton at Averyville. This noble and pioneering effort to educate freedmen was short-lived; Ku Klux Klan violence, threats, and intimidation drove the teachers away by the early 1870s, and the school closed.
Averyville School’s most notable student was William Hooper Councill (1848-1909), a former slave brought to Alabama in 1857. He attended Averyville School as a freedman, becoming a teacher himself by the end of his third year here. He moved to Huntsville in 1869 and opened the Lincoln Normal School to train black teachers. In 1873, Dr. Councill founded Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, using funds appropriated by the Alabama Legislature to train black teachers. Dr. Councill rose to state and national prominence, becoming an influential leader alongside Booker T. Washington and others. His only formal education was here at the Freedman’s School at Averyville. Here the seeds of learning were planted which grew into Alabama A&M University, educating thousands of students to this day.
(From the Alabama Historical Commission historical marker, currently in storage)
Blake Wilhelm
http://www.alabamahistory.net/jackson-historical-markers.html
http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2207
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
1865-early 1870s
Bridgeport
Jackson County, Bridgeport, Military Fortification, Civil War, Alabama Historical Commission Markers
Vital Memphis-Charleston railroad, "backbone of Confederacy," spanned Tennessee River here. Bridge burned several times, 1862-63. General Mitchell (U.S. Flag), occupying Huntsville after Battle of Shiloh, seized Bridgeport in April 1862 and held it until August. Federals recaptured town in July 1863 as Rosecrans (U.S. Flag) took Chattanooga (upriver). As end of usable railway from Nashville, town became key base of operations in U.S. victory at Chickamauga and lifting siege of Chattanooga.
(From the historical marker erected by the Alabama Historical Commission)
Blake Wilhelm
http://www.alabamahistory.net/jackson-historical-markers.html
Northeast Alabama Community College Archives and Special Collections
1861-1865