Piedmont in Calhoun County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

The Dailey-McCollister-Roberts Home

Calhoun County

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 12, 2025

1. The Dailey-McCollister-Roberts Home Marker

Inscription. Major Jacob Forney Dailey was an early pioneer settler and the first mayor of Cross Plains (1871-1874). He built this home around 1880 as a wedding gift for his daughter Mary Catherine, who married Alexander McCollister, mayor of Piedmont (1890-1891). This beautiful home, the first constructed on West Ladiga Street, featured the finest woodwork of the period with white, elaborately carved banisters and columns on gray walls. It is one of Piedmont's oldest and best-preserved homes. After several owners, the home was sold in 1905 to James Edmond Roberts, faithful deacon, clerk, and Sunday School superintendent at First Baptist Church of Piedmont. Daughters Miss Leola Roberts and Miss Ruby Roberts lived at 222 West Ladiga Street until their death. Both ladies graduated from and were educators for forty years each in the Piedmont City School System.

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On August 4, 1999, Miss Ruby bequeathed her home to the First Baptist Church of Piedmont, her beloved church of 75 years. Miss Ruby requested her home "to be used for the kingdom of God" and "not be torn down until 25 years after her death." In need

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of a parking lot, the church voted in 2015 to tear down the Roberts Home. The Piedmont Historical Society received ownership and worked with grant foundation partners, county government, and private donors to purchase land and move the home to 75 Southern Boulevard (former site of Southern Railroad track) and restore it to its original beauty. The Roberts Home Museum and "Night in the Museum" Hotel was established in 2018 to preserve Piedmont's history and sustain this historic home, thus promoting the historical society's motto of "Preserving Piedmont's history for our future." Listed in the Alabama Register of Historic Landmarks and Heritage, June 14, 2019

Erected 2020 by Piedmont Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 33° 55.454′ N, 85° 36.74′ W. Marker is in Piedmont, Alabama, in Calhoun County. It is on Southern Boulevard west of N Center Ave, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 212 Southern Blvd, Piedmont AL 36272, United States of America.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 12, 2025

2. The Dailey-McCollister-Roberts Home Marker

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Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 original Cherokee Nation,

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: Cross Plains / Piedmont (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Alabama Tennessee River Railroad (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Cross Plains - Piedmont (about 500 feet away); The First Baptist Church / Pastors of The First Baptist Church Piedmont, Alabama (about 500 feet away); Piedmont First United Methodist Church (about 500 feet away); First Presbyterian Church (about 600 feet away); Dixie Hotel / Seaboard Depot (about 700 feet away); Dugger Mountain (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Piedmont.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 12, 2025

3. The Dailey-McCollister-Roberts Home Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 296 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 18, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.