Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Janney Foundry Co.
1844 1928
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 5, 2017
1. Janney Foundry Co. Marker
by this foundry to the
Confederate States
of America
1861 1865
Erected by Sophie Bibb Chapter U.D.C.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Notable Places • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.
Location. 32° 22.995′ N, 86° 18.539′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is at the intersection of North Court Street and Randolph Street, on the right when traveling north on North Court Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 520 North Court Street, Montgomery AL 36104, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Confederate Military Prison / Civil War Military Prisons (approx. 0.2 miles away); General Charles Graham Boyd (approx. 0.2 miles away); Montgomery and Electricity / Hydroelectricity in the River Region (approx. Ό mile away); Murphy House (approx. Ό mile away); St. John's Episcopal Church (approx. Ό mile away); High Red Bluff (approx.
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Union Station & Riverfront Park / Lower Commerce Street (was approx. Ό mile away but has been confirmed missing).
Regarding Janney Foundry Co.. The foundry was owned by industrialist Alfred A. Janney, and produced ordnance for the Confederacy along with various castings, sheet metal and ornamental ironwork. This type of ironwork uses pig iron, the brittle product of the first smelting of iron ore with a high-carbon fuel such as coke or charcoal, as a base for further refinement. His Benton County furnace produced the pig iron to be used in Janney's Montgomery foundry as well as for casting production at the Janney Furnace itself to further the war effort. This foundry was burnt by Union troops invading Montgomery on April 12, 1865. Janney also built the Janney Furnace in Calhoun County in 1863.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 5, 2017
2. Marker and former location of the Janney Foundry Co.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 5, 2017
3. View of marker at intersection of North Court and Randolph Streets.
As a side note of this photo, you can barely see a C-130H aircraft, from a Maxwell AFB reserve unit, directly above the white fuel tank (aside the building in the middle of the photo) and the tree above that in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 5, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 944 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 5, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
