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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1X_marshall-j-moore-house_Montgomery-AL.html
In 1900, Marshall Moore and his wife, Agnes V. McClain commissioned Joseph G. Nesbitt,Sr., an African- American contractor/builder, to construct this Victorian period cottage. The Moores, among the first graduates and early faculty members of Linc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPTA_high-red-bluff_Montgomery-AL.html
Also called Hostile Bluff or Thirteen Mile Bluff, this spot located in a deep bend of the Alabama River was once the key to the Southeast and a strategic point in Colonial days. The first steamboat , the Harriet, arrived at this point in 1821, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOHM_josiah-morris_Montgomery-AL.html
Had his bank on this site 1852-1891. He helped finance Montgomery's business, railroads and industry. Here on Dec. 19, 1870, he bought 4150 acres of land and deeded them to the Elyton Land Co. which later was platted, and on his motion named the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOHK_decorative-lions-heads_Montgomery-AL.html
These decorative terra cotta lions heads, typical of the ornamentation used in commercial style architecture in the early part of the 20th century, were utilized by the First National Bank of Montgomery on the cornice of their 12 story building fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOG8_professor-john-metcalfe-starke-starke-university-school_Montgomery-AL.html
Side AProfessor John Metcalfe Starke"Fessor Starke" 1860-1941A native of Virginia, John Metcalfe Starke received his early education in Petersburg and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1882, earning diplomas in Latin and mathematics. He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOG3_governor-jones-house_Montgomery-AL.html
Thomas Goode Jones, governor of Alabama from 1890-1894, occupied this house during his long political career which took him from the Montgomery City Council to a federal judgeship. During his two terms as governor, his home was the Executive Mansi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOG1_smith-joseph-stratton-house_Montgomery-AL.html
Only surviving residence of former Mayor E.B. Joseph. the Italianate cottage was built c. 1855 by Pickett Chauncey Smith, a merchant in antebellum Montgomery, and father-in-law of E.B. Joseph, who occupied the house from 1880 to 1885. Joseph serve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFZ_st-peters-roman-catholic-church_Montgomery-AL.html
St. Peter's Church has occupied this site since a small wooden church, begun in 1833, was built on land donated by Mr. Edward Hanrick. Rt. Rev. Michael Portier, D.D., first Catholic Bishop of Mobile, dedicated the first church on April 25, 1834. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFX_a-county-older-than-the-state_Montgomery-AL.html
Created by Mississippi Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by Creek Indian Nation in Treaty of Fort Jackson, 1814.
Named for Major Lemuel Purnell Montgomery, killed at Horseshoe Bend, 1814, while leading charge on Indian fortifications.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFW_montgomery-county-korean-war-veterans_Montgomery-AL.html
In grateful memory of the men and women of Montgomery County who fought for God and country on the field of honor in the Korean War
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the g…