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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FQ9_site-of-alabamas-statehouse_Orrville-AL.html
This structure collapsed in 1833 and its fallen remains were reportedly heaped into a railroad embankment. Consequently, we have no picture of the Statehouse that was drawn by someone who actually saw the building. Any modern picture you see of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FQ8_alabamas-first-statehouse_Orrville-AL.html
Alabama's first statehouse stood on this lot, but no drawing by a person who actually saw it has been found. It was built in 1819 and destroyed in 1833, before the invention of photography. There are many drawings of the statehouse, but all are pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFGC_old-cemetery_Orrville-AL.html
This site was set aside by the 1820 General Assembly, burials here date from 1818 to 1847. Interred are some of the state's earliest figures. There is no record of names, many handsome tombs have been destroyed, seven marked ones remaining, six ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFFL_new-cemetery_Orrville-AL.html
Burials in this cemetery, which served Cahaba from 1848 to 1900, tell a story of the town in which many deaths resulted from diseases of infancy, childhood and early adult life, Yellow Fever being a large factor because of proximity to Gulf of Mex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFEU_perine-well_Orrville-AL.html
This artesian well was drilled to serve a factory which did not materialized. It was then used to water the grounds, a garden and pastures. In addition, by forcing water through pipes into his $50,000 home, E. M. Perine, a merchant prince, had the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFET_vine-street_Orrville-AL.html
Vine Street was Cahawba Business district. Stores, offices and hotels were tightly packed together along these three blocks. Homes were scattered over an entire square mile. Nearly every house had a yard of one or two acres.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFER_commissary-r-r-depot_Orrville-AL.html
This cellar was under Joseph Babcock's brick store. During the Civil War the building was used as a commissary.Babcock's warehouse and cotton shed were located to your right on the bluff overlooking the river. The family home, kitchen, and garden …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFDL_the-old-brick-store_Orrville-AL.html
By 1858 many brick stores had been built in Cahaba, so everyone called this the "old brick store." Merchant Sam M. Hill turned the building into one huge dry goods store where shoppers could buy just about anything!
Col. Hill, like most of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF7U_dallas-county-courthouse_Orrville-AL.html
The grassed over mound of brick before you was once Dallas County's courthouse. This courthouse was built in 1834. It was dismantled prior to 1905 by brick salvagers.
Cahawba was the county seat from 1818 to 1866. This brought a lot of people, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF7T_saltmarsh-hall_Orrville-AL.html
In the late 1850s, Cahaba experienced a building boom. Everyone expected the town to prosper because of the new railroad. One of the first large brick structures built in this prosperous period was completed in 1856 by Dr. Saltmarsh.He wanted the …