The Cato-Thorn House – Barbour County
In Barbour County, the cream of southern aristocracy is on display, and one will find the kind of Greek Revival antebellum mansions that some might…
Month: January 2023
Troy University – Troy
The Alabama legislature established Troy State Normal School on February 26, 1887. Its first president was Joseph Macon Dill. It was renamed Troy State Normal…
Spring Hill College – Mobile
Spring Hill College is Mobile’s oldest Catholic school and the first Catholic college in the Southeast. Michael Porter, Mobile’s first bishop, founded the school in…
Huntingdon College – Montgomery
On February 2, 1854, Gov. John Winston and the Alabama legislature established Tuskegee Female College in Tuskegee, Alabama. Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, the first president, shaped…
Bevill State Community College – Jasper
Dr. Carl Jesse founded Walker College in 1938. Davis Hall, built in 1941, served as the classroom building for many years. The funds for its…
Auburn University – Auburn
The Alabama legislature founded Auburn University on February 1, 1856. East Alabama Male College, as it was originally called, was operated by the Methodist Church.…
The Weeden House – Huntsville
One of Huntsville’s most historically significant homes is the Weeden House. It was built in 1819 in the Federalist style for Huntsville entrepreneur Henry C.…
Sturdivant Hall – Selma
Sturdivant Hall was built between 1852 and 1856 for Col. Edward T. Watts. The Greek Revival mansion was designed by architect Thomas Helm Lee, a…
Spence-Moon House – Livingston
The Spence-Moon House was built in 1834 on eighty acres of land for James H. Spence. Artisans from Connecticut and New Hampshire built this house…
Richards DAR House – Mobile
The Richards DAR House was built by a steamboat captain from Maine. Charles G. Richards married Caroline Elizabeth Steele in 1842. Before long, the itinerant…