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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQ1_lincoln-cemetery-rufus-payne-1884-1939_Montgomery-AL.html
Side 1Lincoln Cemetery1907In 1907 the American Securities Company opened Lincoln Cemetery for African Americans and Greenwood Cemetery for whites, the first commercial cemeteries in the city. Landscape design indicates Olmstead influences with cur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPZ_remount-depot-keyton-station_Montgomery-AL.html
Side 1Remount Depot
During World War I, in the summer of 1917 the U.S. Army opened a remount depot here to buy horses and mules for Camp Sheridan's 27,000-man 37th Division from Ohio. Despite the introduction of motor transport to war, an infan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPY_historic-site-of-st-james-holt-crossing-baptist-church_Montgomery-AL.html
On this site, the St. James Baptist Church #2, also known as St. James Holt Crossing Baptist Church, stood as the oldest Baptist church founded by African Americans in the City of Montgomery. Organized in 1875, the Church occupied two buildings on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1COJ_marks-house_Pike-Rd-AL.html
Built by William Matthews Marks, who immigrated from Oglethrope County, GA, on acreage purchased from the U.S. land office in Cahaba, AL for $1.25 per acre.
Foundation is pegged-together heart pine; framing is 3" by 9" timbers; mantles, dados, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CO9_ladies-memorial-association_Montgomery-AL.html
To the Ladies Memorial Associationformed in this auditoriumApril 1866 for the purposeof ministering to the livingConfederate soldier andto keep in remembrance his high principlesand heroic deeds.———————Thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CNZ_the-frank-m-johnson-jr-federal-building-and-us-courthouse_Montgomery-AL.html
Side 1Named in honor of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. (1918-1999), who served here as U.S. District Judge from 1955-1979, as U.S. Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit July 12, 1979 - October 1, 1981, and as U.S. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CNY_johnnie-r-and-arlam-carr-sr-home_Montgomery-AL.html
This home was originally owned in 1901 by Emily V. Semple. It changed hands several times until purchased by Flora K. Daniels and Arlam and Johnnie R. Carr, Sr. The Carrs moved into this residence in 1943. They resided here during the 1955 Montgom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CNX_forest-avenues-medical-facilities-oak-park-montgomerys-first-public-park_Montgomery-AL.html
Side AForest Avenue's Medical Facilities
With the growth of the Highland Park suburb in the 1890s, a medical community developed along Forest Avenue. In 1895, Dr. Isaac Watkins opened Highland Park Sanatorium in three frame houses in the 500 bl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CNV_the-e-l-posey-parking-lot_Montgomery-AL.html
This site, known as "Posey's Parking Lot," served the black community as one of two major transportation centers during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Mrs. Rosa Parks's December 1, 1955 arrest following her refusal to surrender her seat at the order …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CNU_the-capital-city-guards_Montgomery-AL.html
In July 1885, the state Adjutant General authorized the organization of a black infantry company known as the Capital City Guards. Joseph L. Ligon was elected captain. Over the next 20 years, the Capital City Guards were a source of tremendous civ…