Church meetings were first held on this site
sometime between 1827 and 1832, and oral
tradition holds that meetings began in 1831.
Named for nearby Big Hurricane Creek, the
church was officially constituted in September
1838 by 24 members of . . . — — Map (db m217153) HM
Constituted as Big Creek Baptist Church on July 22, 1820 by Daniel Brown and Thomas Baines (ancestor of President Lyndon B. Johnson) with Phillip May as first pastor, Joseph Barrett and Charles Pate as first deacons. As the third oldest church in . . . — — Map (db m107529) HM
Organized September 1828 with 13 charter
members. Joab Pratt, first pastor, served 13
years receiving 324 members, 135 during a
revival in October 1834. The church fostered
ministry to slaves during its early years.
Original church house of . . . — — Map (db m231527) HM
Gilgal Cemetery is associated with Gilgal Baptist Church and has a history dating to the early 1840s. The cemetery contains over 200 marked and an unknown number of unmarked burials. Church history states that many babies were buried near the road . . . — — Map (db m231528) HM
Grant's Creek Baptist Church was constituted April 5, 1828, with Rev. Medey White and Robert Marsh (the first pastor) as presbytery. Lewis Stovall was first Church clerk, and
James Foster was ordained as the first deacon. The Grant's Creek Sunday . . . — — Map (db m203600) HM
Sometimes called a slag ladle or cinder pot, this relic from U.S.
Steel's Ensley Works was used as a part of a eight-car train to move slag from the furnaces to the slag dump. A single car could hold up to 15 tons.
Pot manufactured at U.S. . . . — — Map (db m126995) HM
James C. Bagley built this house for his bride, Eunice Williams, in 1856 at Bagley Bend near Pinson in northeast Jefferson County.
Bagley joined the Confederate army in 1861 and died that same year in a Shattanooga, Tennessee hospital. He is . . . — — Map (db m215710) HM
The large 54 inch inside diameter pipe was unearthed in 2001 behind the Woodward Golf Course by Bob Hall and the Jefferson County Environmental Services. It was used by the Bessemer sewer system. (Donated by U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company, 2002) — — Map (db m107497) HM
Built under the supervision of Moses Stroup to supply air blast for Tannerhill Furnace No. 1 (1859), this facility made use of blowing tubs and a large waterwheel. It remained in operation even after Furnace Nos. 2 and 3 were added in 1862 and . . . — — Map (db m107498) HM
Successor to the first school built in Jefferson County in 1815, this building - of 1923 origins - served the residents of the Beltona Area until 1960. Purchased in 1963 by the Cane Creek Community Club, it was subsequently donated to Tannerhill . . . — — Map (db m107503) HM
Pioneer home of Charles Jefferson Stewart Sr, 1833-1897 and wife Nancy Rachel Mayhan 1839-1910. Relocated from Abercrombie Community Bibb, County, 1986. A successful farmer the Stewarts had 13 children, all born in this house. Donated by Wendell . . . — — Map (db m107502) HM
As the border states began to fall, Alabama iron became critical to the survival of the Confederacy. During the last two years of the war, Alabama’s furnaces were producing 70% of the entire southern iron supply.
That output invited federal . . . — — Map (db m36672) HM
For over a century, the Edwards House, with its commanding columned porch, stood as a landmark on U.S. Highway 11 three miles south of Trussville. According to available history, the house was constructed about 1875 by John Meredith Edwards . . . — — Map (db m215689) HM
This tablet dedicated to the men of Companies D and I which, along with other detachments, attacked the Tannehill Ironworks March 31, 1865 under the command of Capt. William A. Sutherland, First Brigade, First Division (McCook’s), United States . . . — — Map (db m36925) HM
Built near West Blocton, Al in 1860 by Winston Stewart, a local contractor. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler occupied the house from 1928 until their death.
Restored as a country School to be a part of the Learning Center in 1978...
Donated by the . . . — — Map (db m107995) HM
Built as a demonstration cabin by noted Appalachian log cabin builder Peter Gott of Marshall, N.C. as a part of the Alabama Reunion Celebration in 1989; the chimney and porch was taken from the old Ash House(circa 1850).
Re-located from . . . — — Map (db m215693) HM
Built by Jules Nail in the Mt. Olive Community of Jefferson County
Mr. Nail lived in the house until the 1880's, except for a period of service with the Union Army during the war.
Donated by Mack Lee and Thomas Nail...
Restored . . . — — Map (db m107509) HM
This is the old Kimbrell Methodist Church relocated from Kimbrell Community in Jefferson County. After lying idle for 15 years it was donated to the state by J.C. Hassell in 1972. The restoration was made possible through many individual donations . . . — — Map (db m107504) HM
Built by Dick Honeycutt
Home of Tincey Peel and son, Ermon Peel from 1920 until death of Ermon in 1984...
Donated by U.S. Steel in 1985 and moved to this site... — — Map (db m107507) HM
The pipe marked DL & CO 1889 for Dennis Long and Company was unearthed in Cahaba Heights. Dennis Long was a native of Londonderry, Ireland who began the manufacture of cast iron pipe prior to the Civil War in Louisville, Kentucky. Long won and lost . . . — — Map (db m107495) HM
During the Civil War, the Tannehill Furnaces shipped 22 tons of pig iron daily to the Selma Arsenal and Gun Works. Sent by wagon to the railhead at Montevallo, then on the North & South RR to Selma, Tannehill iron went into various castings from . . . — — Map (db m215701) HM
2 ½ miles East - the beginning of Steel Industry in this area. Iron Ore, reduced by charcoal, hauled by oxcart, was made into plows, pots, cannon and munitions.
State Park- Camping, Nature Trails, Swimming and Fishing Early American . . . — — Map (db m36927) HM
Tannehill Furnaces began as a
small forge in 1830. During the
War Between the States (1861-1865)
these furnaces were a major
supplier of iron and munitions
for the Confederacy. When
partially destroyed by Union
troops on March 31, . . . — — Map (db m36926) HM
This important battery of charcoal blast furnaces ranked among the most productive in Alabama during the Civil War. The only three-furnace ironworks in the state during the war years, it was capable of producing 22 tons of pig iron a day for the . . . — — Map (db m36209) HM
Established 1829 with forge built on Roupes Creek (one mile south) by Daniel Hillman. First blast furnace built on site in 1850's by Moses Stroup. Two other furnaces erected in 1863 by William Sanders to provide iron for Confederate Arsenal at . . . — — Map (db m215686) HM
Built in the late 1870s near Vernon, Alabama by Edward Francis Collins. Logs were cut from timber on the family farm and hand hewed.
The house remained in the Collins family until it was moved to this site in the spring of 1984.
It was . . . — — Map (db m107501) HM
Pioneer home of George W. Crocker, a farmer and guard at Old Flat Top Prison in northeast Jefferson County.
He married Nancy Jane Bagley, daughter of the builder of the Bagley House also located in this park. This cabin built in 1870, was saved . . . — — Map (db m215691) HM
Pioneer cabin built by Harold T. Dunkin near Sprott, in Perry County.
Partially constructed from an old school house structure.
Given to Tannehill Park in 1973 by Mr. Dunkin's descendants. — — Map (db m215692) HM
Pioneer home of Archibald Hogan, Bibb County planter from Bibbville, Alabama.
Donated for historic preservation by Mr. E.J. Martin.
Mr. Hogan (1810-1879) & wife, Jane Caffee (1818-1887), buried at Caffee Junction. — — Map (db m215687) HM
Pioneer home of Rev. Harry Marchant, a Methodist minister who migrated here from England.
A gift from Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jones of Tuscaloosa.
Relocated from Coaling to Tannehill State Park in 1971. — — Map (db m215703) HM
This rustic cabin was built for Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stamps of Bessemer, Ala., the first resident care takers of Tannehill Historical State Park, shortly after area was declared a state historic district by the state legislature in 1969.
Parts of . . . — — Map (db m215690) HM
Boyhood home of N.E. Stewart, Alabama state representative, poor keeper for the state
House of Representatives.
Member of Bibb County Commission, Bibb County Road Commissioner, and member of county board of education.
A 59-year career of . . . — — Map (db m215694) HM
Built near Eoline, Bibb County on an original land grant signed by President Andrew Jackson. A gift to Tannehill by B. Carter Thompson in 1974.
The kitchen was separated from the main structure by a board walk.
Original home of Mr. & Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m215688) HM
Byler Road
Pioneer's settled path to new lands, agriculture, transport and commerce that began in Northwest Alabama.
140 mile corridor/route designated on December 19th, 1819 by the State Legislature. This was Alabama's first . . . — — Map (db m308392) HM
Originally organized (1818) as Bethel Baptist Church by three ministers – Nathan Roberts, James Baines and Thomas Baines – at home of Jeremiah Jeffrey near falls of Black Warrior River. Log building erected at this site (1822) as first church house. . . . — — Map (db m217155) HM
One half mile east is a portion of the original Byler Road. Legislation authorizing construction signed into law December 1819 by Alabama's first governor, William Wyatt Bibb. Built by John Byler, Alabama's first public road opened November 1822, . . . — — Map (db m304342) HM
(Front):Home Guard Defended Covered Bridge3 April 1865 - Brig Gen John T. Croxton’s Cavalry Brigade departed camp at Johnson’s Ferry (Old Lock 17 area) to the Watermelon Road ending in Northport. As the Union troops entered Northport, the . . . — — Map (db m35679) HM
Organized 1847 as first and only Methodist Protestant Church established in Tuskaloosa Co. On this site were first two structures used by Jennings Chapel. The first, a log house built circa 1850 and a clapboard building erected November 1890. Brick . . . — — Map (db m217157) HM
Organized 1838 with 41 charter members. The first minister was Rev. A. K. Atkins. First deacons were J. S. Reynolds, A. R. Pool and N. Lloyd. Originally named North Tuscaloosa Baptist; changed 1854, to Northport Baptist. A wooden structure erected . . . — — Map (db m217161) HM
In 19th-century Northport, the land was fertile, cotton was king
and the riverbank was a hub for commerce and activity. Warehouses
were built for cotton storage as early as 1824 near this site along
the banks of the Black Warrior River. The . . . — — Map (db m285148) HM
James Shirley built this raised cottage in 1838, using Federal and Greek Revival detailing. Constructed of local handmade brick, it was home for him, his wife, Mary Ann Christian Shirley, and his mother, Elizabeth Shirley. James was town surveyor in . . . — — Map (db m35384) HM
This one story brick cottage was built ca. 1837 for the Benjamin S. Wilson family. Its overall form – a gabled main block with the rear slope of the roof extending over shed rooms at the back – is typical of smaller Tuscaloosa and Northport houses . . . — — Map (db m217158) HM
Organized May 10, 1834, as Buck Creek Baptist
Church. Presiding Clergy: Robert Marsh, Mede
White, Thomas Norris and Job Wilson. Building
erected in 1836 and renamed Bethel Baptist
Church. Larger structure erected 1907.
Destroyed by lightning . . . — — Map (db m203601) HM
Romulus was found on the Bradford Maps in 1835 and 1938, making it one of the oldest communities in Tuscaloosa County. Population in 1880 was almost 700, in 1900 almost 800. The name was believed to be taken from Romulus and Remus, twin brothers in . . . — — Map (db m297060) HM
5 April 1865 – Croxton's brigade left Northport by way of the (old) Columbus Road to Coker, then camped for the night on the old Eutaw Road toward Romulus. Confederate Gen Wirt Adams's 1500-man cavalry brigade, traveling from Columbus Miss. to . . . — — Map (db m203584) HM
The Trail of Tears led thousands of Creek Indians through Tuscaloosa, capital of Alabama in 1836. Chief Eufaula addressed the legislature with these words:
"I come here, brothers, to see the great house of Alabama and the men . . . — — Map (db m119308) HM
After the devastation of the Civil War and nearly 20 years of decline, Mayor William Carlos Jemison and other civic leaders energetically promoted a “New South” vision of a community that would prosper through hard work, trade, industrial . . . — — Map (db m217187) HM
Near this park, primarily along 23rd Avenue and 6th and 7th Streets, an African-American business district thrived for much of the 20th Century. Black entrepreneurs and professionals developed scores of businesses and services that were restricted . . . — — Map (db m217190) HM
After the seat of government was moved to Montgomery in 1847, the Tuscaloosa Capitol and its furnishings were deeded to the University of Alabama to be used for educational purposes.
In 1857, the University Board of Trustees leased the building . . . — — Map (db m29064) HM
Early on the morning of 4 April 1865, Union Gen John T. Croxton's Cavalry Brigade of 1500 veteran troopers entered the town after fighting the home guard and capturing the covered bridge connecting Northport and Tuscaloosa across the Warrior River. . . . — — Map (db m25383) HM
Alpha Delta Pi, the first college secret sisterhood, was organized at Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Georgia, the first women's college to grant academic degrees. Originally identified as Adelpheans, the group had three thousand alumnae and sixty . . . — — Map (db m28783) HM
On November 18, 1921, Psi Chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta became the fifth national sorority installed at the University of Alabama. On this date, eight new inductees were initiated to establish Alpha Gamma Delta. These eight women were Annie Mary . . . — — Map (db m235516) HM
Daughter of John Gayle, Governor of Alabama.
Wife of Josiah Gorgas, Brigadier General, C. S. A.
Mother of William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General, U. S. A.
Untiring nurse in Confederate Hospitals, 1861-1865.
First Historian Alabama Division, . . . — — Map (db m33653) HM
From the Revolution to the War on Terror, Tuscaloosans have served in the armed forces and made civilian contributions.
In World Wars I and I thousands of area citizens served and 247 gave their lives. Local industries produced essential war . . . — — Map (db m217189) HM WM
In April 2011, one of the most devastating tornado outbreaks in the history of Alabama left an unprecedented path of destruction through the City of Tuscaloosa.
On the street corners and in the neighborhoods, thousands of citizens transformed . . . — — Map (db m217166) HM
He inherited the financial woes brought on by the collapse of the "Flush Times". Despite chaotic banking conditions during the Panic of 1837, chancery courts and a penitentiary system were both created, and Alabama settled its boundary dispute with . . . — — Map (db m29030) HM
First African American to enroll at the University of Alabama following successful litigation under the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. She began classes on February 3, 1956; however, after three days of tumultuous demonstrations, . . . — — Map (db m108342) HM
Named for Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1927), Governor of Alabama (1907-1911).
As a member of the University's Corp of Cadets in 1865, Comer witnessed the burning of the campus by Federal troops. Later, as Governor, he strongly supported . . . — — Map (db m29121) HM
He oversaw the closing of the unstable State Bank. In 1845 the legislature amended the constitution to allow the removal of the capital from Tuscaloosa. The growing wealth and population of the Black Belt brought the seat of government to Montgomery. — — Map (db m29033) HM
Organized in 1881 with Rev. Delaware Jackson first pastor. Building at Fifth St., now University Boulevard, near Sixth Ave., East. Another site purchased August 1, 1903, and building erected on Sixth Ave., East, at Eleventh St. during pastorate of . . . — — Map (db m203583) HM
Oldest existing Black Presbyterian Church in Alabama. Organized by Dr. Charles A. Stillman as Salem Church in December, 1880. First church building erected 9th Street and 30th Avenue in 1882. First pastors were Reverend B. M. Wilkinson (1889-90) and . . . — — Map (db m40390) HM
Newbern Hobbs Browne built this Gothic cottage in 1870. It is one of the first residences built in Tuscaloosa following the conclusion of the Civil War. Browne served four terms in the Alabama Legislature (1853-1859; 1873), and as Tuscaloosa County . . . — — Map (db m263006) HM
Abe Brown established Brown’s Dollar Store in 1898 & moved to this site in 1906. He built this building in 1926. The business became Brown’s Department Store & continued on this site until 1978. Plaque erected by Heritage Commission of . . . — — Map (db m156515) HM
Alabama state hospitals inspired by Dorothea Dix in 1849. Opened 1861. Peter Bryce, J. T. Searcy and W. D. Partlow were the superintendents during the next 87 years. — — Map (db m40480) HM
One of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility, this cemetery features at least thirty-seven marked graves, the earliest of which dates to 1892. There are an undetermined number of . . . — — Map (db m235525) HM
One of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility, this cemetery was established in 1922 and was closed for burials in 1953. It contains approximately 1550 burials mostly marked with . . . — — Map (db m40449) HM
One of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility, this cemetery was established in 1953 and is still in use. It contains approximately 500 burials mostly marked with simple, . . . — — Map (db m235677) HM
The remains of Burns' Shoals now lie nearly 40 feet underwater. This rock outcropping was the first of the shoals known as the "Falls of Tuscaloosa" and represents the "Fall Line" or contact point of the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Plateau, . . . — — Map (db m28904) HM
Organized January 1, 1911, 77 of its 79 charter members came from the First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa. The church was originally named Sage A. Monnish Memorial Baptist Church in memory of the son of charter member F.W Monnish, who donated the lot . . . — — Map (db m203543) HM
As you look at the ruins of the former Alabama State Capitol, it may be difficult to realize that the building stood at the center of debates over freedom and liberty. Until the end of the Civil War, Alabama and Tuscaloosa were centers of . . . — — Map (db m144856) HM
Born in South Carolina in 1813, Benjamin Farrar Eddins raised and led a company of volunteers that served in the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment.
Retired due to ill health, he returned to lead the Home Guards, a militia made up of old men and . . . — — Map (db m235770) HM
In 1883 the Castle Hill Real Estate and Manufacturing Company began the first eastern expansion of the original 1821 Tuscaloosa city limits. Hoping to stimulate development in the area, the company created a popular amusement park centered around . . . — — Map (db m35467) HM
Centennial of Women 1893 - 1993
In 1892 Julia Strudwick Tutwiler petitioned the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama to accept female students into the all-male student body. Admitted in 1893, Anna Adams and Bessie Parker became the . . . — — Map (db m235773) HM
The Chabannes - Sealy House was built in 1847 by Hollis C. Kidder. The house passed through several owners until it was sold in 1920 to Julia Nuzon Morris. Her daughter, Julia Morris, married Norbert Chabannes. That family lived here until the house . . . — — Map (db m35323) HM
The second oldest Episcopal Church in Alabama. Construction begun 1829, completed 1830 at cost of $1700. Enlarged and remodeled in 1880 from original Greek Revival design to present Gothic lines. First pews sold to highest bidder; made free in 1849. . . . — — Map (db m40419) HM
He served during Alabama's years of great prosperity known as the "Flush Times." With the economy booming, the legislature abolished all state taxes. — — Map (db m29029) HM
marker Front: Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity first Greek letter fraternity at The University of Alabama. Organized by Louis J. DuPre, chapter installed June 20, 1847. First members initiated at Indian Queen Hotel by Charles . . . — — Map (db m30676) HM
Delta Zeta at the University of Alabama Founded October 24, 1902, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Alpha Gamma Chapter Installed September 9, 1922
The sixth national sorority at the University of Alabama began in 1920 as local sorority Delta . . . — — Map (db m235508) HM
This bell tower, an enduring symbol of Alabama's first university, was erected in honor of President George H. Denny, under whose leadership (1911 to 1936) The University of Alabama gained national prominence. Conceived by Jerome M. Britchey and . . . — — Map (db m29610) HM
Born October 22, 1985, Deontay Wilder was raised in Tuscaloosa and graduated from Central High School. At the age of 20 he embarked on a meteoric boxing career, inspired by his oldest daughter Naieya, who was born with Spina Bifida. Wilder won . . . — — Map (db m263200) HM
Dr. Peter Bryce, first superintendent of the Alabama Insane (Bryce) Hospital was a leading proponent of humane treatment for people who experience mental illness. Born March 5, 1834, in Columbia SC, Bryce entered the South Carolina Military Academy . . . — — Map (db m235505) HM
Constructed in 1923 through gift of J. T. Horne, this building occupied by Druid City Hospital School of Nursing from 1923 to 1947. Used by University of Alabama from 1951 to 1954 to house first state supported collegiate school of nursing in . . . — — Map (db m29608) HM
Evergreen Cemetery began as family plots for Tuscaloosa citizens in the mid-nineteenth century. An 1857 letter to the editor In the Tuscaloosa Independent Monitor described citizens' growing frustration with the maintenance of Greenwood . . . — — Map (db m203536) HM
Early River Improvements
Navigation improvements to the Black Warrior River began in 1875 with a project to clear snags, trim overhanging trees, and dredge through shoals. In 1886, the U.S. Congress authorized constructing three locks . . . — — Map (db m235681) HM
Organized November 1866, with 144 members. The Rev. Prince Murrell, first pastor, served until 1885. A church building located at corner of 4th Street and 24th Avenue was purchased and became place of worship during pastorate of the Rev. James . . . — — Map (db m40408) HM
First African Baptist Church played a
central role in the fight for civil rights
in Tuscaloosa because it was the home
church of Rev. T. Y. Rogers, Jr., the
most important local leader in the
movement, and the primary site for mass
protest . . . — — Map (db m144855) HM
Organized 1818, oldest church in Tuscaloosa County. First building was of logs. A brick structure completed 1830 and larger one at this site 1884. Educational building erected 1924 and present sanctuary 1958. Sunday School organized here 1830. . . . — — Map (db m35343) HM
Gulf States Paper Corporation (3/4 mile Northeast) began production in April 1929 to introduce the modern pulp and paper industry to Alabama. Based on the state's fast-growing forests, paper became a major Alabama industry.
The Tuskaloosa . . . — — Map (db m40448) HM
Organized 1820.
Moved to this site 1830.
Present structure erected 1921.
Under the leadership of Dr. Charles A. Stillman, (Minister, 1869-1895) it sponsored the founding of Stillman College in 1876. Its bell was the subject of a poem by . . . — — Map (db m35364) HM
The Tuscaloosa Armory was located on this site from 1938 to 1981 and was home of the famed 31st Infantry (Dixie). In 1968, the Tuscaloosa unit received a brigade headquarters under the command of the 30th Armored Division. In 1973, the 31st Armored . . . — — Map (db m235520) HM
This 1916 gun was used by the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I as part of a horse drawn caisson. During the war, American forces were loaned guns, planes, and other equipment from the French arsenal.
This gun was moved to Veterans . . . — — Map (db m35506) HM
During his term our state moved from frontier to urbanity. The University of Alabama was officially opened. Construction was begun on our first canals and railroads, supplementing existing steamboats and unpaved roads. The Choctaws exchanged their . . . — — Map (db m29023) HM
Built 1829 as University dining hall.
Remodeled as a residence 1840.
Occupied by Gorgas family 1879-1953
(Reverse):
Preserved as a memorial to:
General Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883)
Chief of Ordnance, C. S. A. 1861-1865 . . . — — Map (db m29301) HM
Laid out in the original city plan, Greenwood is Tuscaloosa’ oldest surviving cemetery. It has been in continuous use since prior to 1820. The earliest marked grave is dated 1821.
Some of the ornate marble markers located in Greenwood were . . . — — Map (db m40392) HM
5 inch / 25 caliber
“Dual Purpose” secondary artillery gun
The U.S.S. Tuscaloosa was equipped with eight such guns, located in single turrets, four on either side of the ship. Developed in the 1920’s, its purpose was for both . . . — — Map (db m35507) HM
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