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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CS6_the-bethel-cemetery_Hope-Hull-AL.html
Bethel Cemetery was constituted Feb 13, 1819 and located on Federal Rd. Bethel Church was 1 of 4 churches in the Alabama Baptist Association which was formed on Dec. 13, 1819. On July 22, 1837, the church became the object of a major split in Bapt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CS3_tankersley-rosenwald-school_Hope-Hull-AL.html
This building was one of fourteen schools constructed in Montgomery County with funding assistance from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Between 1912-32, Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish philanthropist and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Company teamed up with Book…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRH_thompson-mansion_Montgomery-AL.html
An elegant blend of Greek Revival and Italianate architectual styles, the Thompson Mansion reflects the aesthetic and economic highs of the 1850s. The symmetrical layout of the house with entrances on all four sides features interior cross hallway…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRC_ordeman-house-museum_Montgomery-AL.html
Built on this site by architect Charles Ordeman in 1852-1853, this upscale townhouse exemplifies the newly fashionable Italianate style, with its bracketed overhanging roof cornice and asymmetric door placement. A showcase for modern design in its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR9_folmar-siegelman-house_Montgomery-AL.html
Constructed in the early 1900s, the Folmar - Siegelman house stylistically combines elements of both Victorian and early bungalow design. Its high gables, wide eaves, projected bay window and secluded entry reflect the desire of most Americans at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR7_rosa-parks-branch-library-bertha-pleasant-williams_Montgomery-AL.html
Side 1Rosa Parks Branch Library
Second public library for blacks in City of Montgomery, this building opened in 1960 as Montgomery Branch Library on Cleveland Avenue. Designed by architect James Miller Davis, it served the black population at a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR5_cleveland-court-apartments_Montgomery-AL.html
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks left work and boarded a downtown bus. Her destination was home, Cleveland Court Apartment No. 634. She didn't make it home that day as she was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white man. This single …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQZ_beulah-baptist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
Beulah Baptist Church was organized in the home of Monday and Dora Duvall, on the corner of Hull and Winnie Streets. Rev. William (Billy) Jenkins served as the pastor when the first church building was erected on Norton Street. Beulah served as th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQY_sidney-lanier-high-school_Montgomery-AL.html
Established in 1910 on South McDonough Street, this school was named for the well-known southern poet, Sidney Lanier, who resided in Montgomery 1866-67.
This late Gothic Revival building was constructed 1928-29 to consolidate the original Lanie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQX_huntingdon-college_Montgomery-AL.html
Coeducational liberal arts college of the United Methodist Church
1854: Founded as Tuskegee Female College1872: Acquired by the Methodist Church, renamed Alabama Conference Female College1909: Moved to this site as Woman's College of Alabama193…