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Photographer: Alex Bush
Taken: January 21, 1934
Caption: Duffies Tavern, 2800 Twenty-eighth Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL
Additional Description: The Old Tavern has been a fixture in downtown Tuscaloosa since the time of the capital era. Innkeeper William Dunton built the structure in 1827, three blocks from its current site as a tavern and hotel on the stagecoach route that passed through Tuscaloosa. One of the few remaining nineteenth-century inns in the state, the Old Tavern provides visitors with a rare glimpse of early Tuscaloosa commercial architecture. During its operation as a hostelry, it served as the temporary home and meeting place of legislators, Confederate soldiers, and countless people traveling to or through the city. At one time, it was even the temporary home of Governor John Gayle (1831-1835). -- Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society

This photo, courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, shows the tavern at its old location at 2800 Twenty-eighth Avenue.
Submitted: November 3, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p336680
File Size: 0.272 Megabytes

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