On North Prairie Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Bullock County Courthouse Historic District in Union Springs consists of 47 structures along three blocks of Prairie Street. Focal point of the district is the 1871 courthouse which is one of the finest post-bellum courthouses in the state and . . . — — Map (db m83257) HM
On Peachburg Road (County Road 40) east of County Road 30, on the right when traveling east.
The entrance gate to the Chunnenuggee Public Garden was located within this 90 x 120 foot strip. The Chunneneggee Ridge Horticultural Society, organized on March 6, 1847, established the Garden in the same year. Now known as the Chunnenuggee . . . — — Map (db m252505) HM
On Conecuh Avenue at North Prairie Street, on the right when traveling west on Conecuh Avenue.
The Union Springs Train Depot was built in 1899. Although the
building no longer exists, this mural memorializes it as a
significant landmark in the town's early 20th century experience.
The depicted Coal Chute loaded coal into the tender of . . . — — Map (db m252712) HM
On Conecuh Avenue East just east of North Prairie Street, on the right when traveling west.
Singer Eddie Kendricks, the first lead tenor for The Temptations, was born on December 17, 1939, in Union Springs to Johnny and Lee Bell Kendrick (the "s" was later added). Throughout their career, The Temptations released 14 Billboard R&B No. 1 . . . — — Map (db m252714) HM
On West Hardaway Ave at North Prairie Street, on the right when traveling west on West Hardaway Ave.
Country singer Hank Williams was from southeast Alabama. In
his beginning years, he sang at many events throughout the
region. In 1948, Mr. E.L. Jackson, owner of the newly built
Western Auto located on North Prairie Street, the town's . . . — — Map (db m252716) HM
On County Road 14 0.1 miles east of County Road 154, on the right when traveling west.
Inverness School was established on this site in 1908 when citizens moved
a small building to this eleven-acre lot owned by the newly formed Bullock
County Public School System. In 1914, a second building was constructed
for the high school. A . . . — — Map (db m288131) HM
The Treaty of Fort Jackson of August 9, 1814, by Major General Andrew Jackson on behalf of the President of the United States of America and the Chiefs, Deputies and Warriors of the Creek Nation, established a boundary line between the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m61026) HM
On U.S. 82 near Greenwood Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Reported damaged.
The Treaty of Fort Jackson of August 9, 1814, by Major General Andrew Jackson on behalf of the President of the United States of America and the Chiefs, Deputies and Warriors of the Creek Nation, established a boundary line between the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m277801) HM
On U.S. 82 west of Prairie Street, on the right when traveling east.
Log Cabin Museum
Early settlers of this area cleared land and built their first homes of logs in the early 1830s. This cabin was built by Reuben Rice Kirkland (1829-1915) about 1850. He and his first wife had ten children while living in the . . . — — Map (db m60969) HM
A 19th century cultural center located on the ridge dividing the coastal plain from the black belt originally Pike Co., Al.; Bullock Co. since 1866
Cemetery established in the 1830s for all faiths, situated between Mt. Hilliard Methodist . . . — — Map (db m181649) HM
On County Road 14 1.3 miles west of County Road 15, on the left when traveling west.
Founded by settlers from Virginia, Georgia, and Carolinas. Building erected 1856. It was the central feature of the village of Mount Hilliard. Named in honor of Henry W. Hilliard -- who debated William L. Yancey in the 1850's. Revivals held at . . . — — Map (db m67553) HM
On State Highway 223 at County Road 22, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 223.
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Settlers from the Edgefield District, South Carolina, organized the Sardis Baptist Church on June 10, 1837. The first building, a log cabin, was constructed in 1841 after John M. and his wife Amy Youngblood Dozier deeded four and . . . — — Map (db m67552) HM
On Blackmon Street (U.S. 82) at Prairie Street, on the right when traveling west on Blackmon Street.
Trinity Episcopal Church was established in Union Springs by Rev. DeBerniere Waddell in 1872 as a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama with seventeen communicants and an annual budget of $412.50. Until 1879 services were held monthly in the . . . — — Map (db m60973) HM
On North Prairie Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the early 1800s, settlers coming from the Carolinas and Georgia received land grants and some purchased land from the Indians. They settled and cleared the forest for new farms and plantations in what would become a newly formed State of Alabama . . . — — Map (db m83258) HM
