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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7A_temple-mishkan-israel_Selma-AL.html
Side AThe earliest Jewish settlers came to Selma prior to the Civil War, some as early as the 1830's. A group of Jewish citizens assembled as the Mishkan Israel Congregation and began meeting in private homes in 1867. The congregation was formally…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP79_john-tyler-morgan-house_Selma-AL.html
This was the residence of John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907), one of Alabama's most honored political and military leaders. Constructed in 1859 by Thomas R. Wetmore, it was purchased by Morgan in 1865, and served for many years as his principal residen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP78_ware-baker-jones-house_Selma-AL.html
Built c. 1859 by Henry H. Ware, this house exemplifies the picturesque eclecticism which dominated Alabama architecture after 1850. It mixes elements of the older neoclassicism with the newer Victorian trends.Prominent owners through the years hav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP77_lee-bender-butler-house_Selma-AL.html
This Greek Revival house was built circa 1850 by Thomas Helm Lee, master builder and owner of early Selma lumber yard. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of Miller Lee of Buckingham County, Virginia and married Mary Jane Blanks of Cahaba in 1839. He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP76_the-sleeping-prophet_Selma-AL.html
Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), was internationally accepted as an extremely gifted psychic. An humble man, he never profited materially from his psychic ability, but used it to help "make manifest the lover of God and man." Operated his photography stud…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP6W_the-selma-movement_Selma-AL.html
[Side A:](The Beginning)The major civil rights protest, which focused national attention on the issue of racial discrimination in voting & led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, was centered in Selma.In January of 1963 local citizens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP6V_arsenal-place_Selma-AL.html
This memorial marks the site of the Arsenal, a unit of the Great Ordnance Works in Selma destroyed by the Union Army April 6, 1865.
These ordnance works stood second only to those of Richmond in the manufacture of war materials for the Confeder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP6U_john-tillman-melvin_Selma-AL.html
Erected by the Citizens of Selmato Commemorate the Heroism ofLieutenant John Tillman MelvinUnited States Navy, R.F.Born Selma, Alabama Oct. 16, 1887Among the first to volunteer and the first American Naval officer killed in action in our war with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP6S_ecor-bienville_Selma-AL.html
This tablet commemorates the engagement betweenJean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville, Governor of the Province,andThe Alibamo Indians. In 1714 Bienville made a friendly visit to this section.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP6R_joseph-t-smitherman-historic-building_Selma-AL.html
Central Masonic Institute of Alabama acquired property 1847 and erected building. Confederate Hospital during War Between the States. Dallas County Courthouse (1866-1901) on removal of County Seat from Cahaba. Presbyterian High School for Boys in …