The Gorgas-Manly Historic District

The Gorgas-Manly Historic District (HMJLC)

Location: Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 Tuscaloosa County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 12.767', W 87° 32.809'

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The Gorgas House (1829)
First structure built on the original campus

The Round House (1860)
Used by cadets on guard duty, and another of the four buildings to survive the fires set by Federal troops in 1865.

Woods Hall (1868)
First building constructed after the Civil War and serving for the next sixteen years as the University.

Manly (1886), Clark (1886), and Garland (1888) Halls
Built as the State began to recover from the Reconstruction Era.

Tuomey and Barnard Halls (1838)
which completed the nineteenth-century University of Alabama campus.

(Reverse):
Twelve Acres Of The Campus of The University Of Alabama including eight buildings designated in The National Register Of Historic Places as The Gorgas-Manly Historic District
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HM NumberHMJLC
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Year Placed1972
Placed ByAlabama Historical Association
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Date Added Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 12:21pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 449041 N 3675009
Decimal Degrees33.21278333, -87.54681667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 12.767', W 87° 32.809'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 12' 46.02" N, 87° 32' 48.54" W
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Area Code(s)205
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 501-599 Stadium Dr, Tuscaloosa AL 35401, US
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