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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPFK_the-demopolis-opera-house-lillian-hellman-and_Demopolis-AL.html
The Demopolis Opera HouseIn 1876, the town of Demopolis leased the formerPresbyterian Church, a classic brick structurebuilt in 1843 and occupied by federal troops duringReconstruction, to the Demopolis Opera Association.The association revitalize…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPFH_alabama-cattlemens-association_Demopolis-AL.html
In This Building TheAlabama Cattlemen'sAssociationwas organized on January 4, 1944
The Association has grown to bethe largest state Cattlemen'sAssociation in the Nation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPFF_trinity-episcopal-church_Demopolis-AL.html
The first church building, a frame structurebuilt in 1857, was burned by Federal troopsduring their occupation of Demopolis.
The present church building was erected in1870 and forms the nave. The transepts wereadded in 1896 and the bell tower i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPFC_white-bluff_Demopolis-AL.html
Composed of limestone or "Selmachalk" which abounds in fossils.Called "Ecor Blanc" byeighteenth-century French explorersand cartographers.Named "Chickasaw Gallery" becauseearly Indian inhabitants harassedboats from here.Landing site of Bonapartist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPF9_bluff-hall_Demopolis-AL.html
Situated on historic White Bluffoverlooking the Tombigbee River,Bluff Hall was built in 1832 byslaves of Allen Glover for hisdaughter, Sarah Serena, and herhusband, Francis Strother Lyon.
Lawyer and planter, F. S. Lyon, served in both theConfed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPF6_st-leos-catholic-church_Demopolis-AL.html
Catholicism was first introduced to thisregion in 1540 by the priests who accompaniedHernando DeSoto. Napoleonic exiles of theVine and Olive Colony held religious servicesand attempted to establish a Catholic missionin Demopolis in 1817. Services …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPF5_whitfield-canal_Demopolis-AL.html
Drainage canal constructed between 1845and 1863 by slaves of General Nathan BryanWhitfield, builder of Gaineswood, to preventwater from overflowing and flooding hisplantation. The water from 2,070 acres southand east of Gaineswood originally follo…