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(side 1)Old Columbia Jail
Erected sometime in the early 1860's, the Old Columbia Jail is today one of the last wooden jails still standing in Alabama. Originally, there were two cells, each measuring 10 x 15 feet. Interior walls are studded eve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E54_columbia-alabama_Columbia-AL.html
Founded in 1820, Columbia was originally located about a mile south, near where the Omussee Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River. It served as the county seat of Henry County from 1826 to 1833. Bordering the State of Georgia and the Chattahooc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E53_columbia-methodist-episcopal-church-south_Columbia-AL.html
Side 1History suggests that, in the early 1820's, circuit riding preachers from the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church arrived in the newly settled town of Columbia. Assigned to the Early County Mission in Georgia, these m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E52_cherry-street-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Dothan-AL.html
On this site in 1877 Gaines Chapel Church was organized. A wooden structure was erected adjacent to an existing graveyard. In 1891 and 1901 additional land was purchased.
In 1908 the present building was dedicated. This structure was of early t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E51_columbia-baptist-church_Columbia-AL.html
Side 1This church was constituted in 1835 following the withdrawal of six people from Omussee Baptist Church in a dispute over the role of missions. The first pastor Edmund Talbot, who served the Church until 1853, donated that land and had the ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4Z_southern-boundary-of-the-united-states_Cottonwood-AL.html
On October 27, 1795, the United States concluded the Treaty of San Lorenzo with Spain, establishing 31 north latitude as the boundary between its southern territory and West Florida. Despite Spanish delays, commissions representing the two countri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4X_atlantic-coastline-passenger-station_Dothan-AL.html
Side 1Constructed by the Atlantic Coastline Railroad in 1907 during Dothan's rapid growth as a commercial center of the Wiregrass Region, this building serves as a reminder of the most popular and accessible form of transportation in the early 20t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4W_big-creek-united-methodist-church-joseph-watford-revolutionary-war-veteran_Cottonwood-AL.html
(side 1)Big Creek United Methodist Church
One of the oldest churches in southeast Alabama and reportedly the oldest church in Houston County. The first church structure was a log building constructed about 20 yards north of the present building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4V_ashford-depot_Ashford-AL.html
This depot, an example of late 19th century Victorian railroad architecture, was constructed by the Alabama Midland Railroad in March, 1888 as a way station on the Bainbridge-to-Montgomery route. The depot was the only building to survive a devast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM182V_ashford-united-methodist-church_Ashford-AL.html
This building site was purchased March 9, 1899 by trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Gordon Circuit. Services were held in a three-walled wood structure until the completion of a permanent building in 1893. In 1927 a brick buildi…