Grey Columns – Tuskegee
When William Varner came to Macon County, Alabama, he decided to build a house that would embody the glory of southern wealth. Using his vast…
Month: January 2023
Sketoe’s Hole – Newton
While the men of the Fifteenth Alabama served their state and their country honourably during the many battles of the Civil War, their brethren who…
The Josephine Hotel – Union Springs
For more than 130 years, the Josephine Hotel has stood watch over the town of Union Springs. Oh, what mysteries it has seen: the grand…
Pauly Jail – Union Springs
While the Bullock County Courthouse was designed to be a beautiful and imposing building, the Pauly Jail was constructed with more practical considerations in mind.…
Ammut
Ammut : A mythical creature of the Netherworld with the head of a crocodile, front legs of a lion, and back legs of a hippopotamus.…
Aker
Aker : One of the early lion gods in Egyptian mythology, Aker, the god of land, is represented by two lions seated back to back…
Bullock County Courthouse – Union Springs
The Bullock County Courthouse simply looks like it should be haunted. Its two towers of red brick loom over a collonaded central structure that seems…
Fendall Hall – Eufaula
When Edward and Anna Young arrived in Eufaula in 1837, they came to a town that was in the midst of the cotton boom that…
The Shorter Mansion – Eufaula
The Shorter Mansion is a testament to the nostalgia for days gone by, but perhaps not the one you expect. While Shorter appears to the…
Kendall Manor – Eufala
Another of Eufaula’s odes to days long gone by—to days of king cotton and steamships and of an age when southern Alabama was the wealthiest…