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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOF1_parker-memorial-baptist-church_Anniston-AL.html
On July 3, 1887, a congregation of 45 people met at the Opera House on Noble Street to organize a new church. Originally called Second Baptist Church, the name soon was changed to Twelfth Street Baptist Church.
In 1889, it became Parker Memoria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOEZ_temple-beth-el_Anniston-AL.html
Temple Beth El is the oldest building continuously used for Jewish worship in Alabama. Anniston's Reform Jewish congregation was established in 1888. Its women's organization, the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, directed the construction of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOEW_saint-michael-and-all-angels_Anniston-AL.html
Built by John Ward Noble, one of Anniston's founders. Consecrated on September 29, 1890. Widely acclaimed for unique and beautiful Norman Gothic architecture. The church dominated by imposing 95 foot bell tower.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWI_grace-episcopal-church_Anniston-AL.html
Called "A poem in cedar & stone," its history is intimately related to that of Anniston: Town Founders, Daniel Tyler & Samuel Noble, inspired its conception, funded its construction & caused Woodstock Iron Co. to donate the land on which it was bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWH_governor-thomas-e-kilby_Anniston-AL.html
Outstanding local industrialist as President, Kilby Steel Company; Chairman, Board of Directors, Alabama Pipe Company; President, City National and Anniston National Banks. Served as Mayor of Anniston (1905-09); State Senator (1911-15); Lieutenant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNVZ_freedom-riders_Anniston-AL.html
On May 14, 1961, a Greyhound bus left Atlanta, GA carrying among its passengers seven members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a.k.a. the "Freedom Riders," on a journey to test interstate bus segregation. The bus was met by an angry mob …