Below are some of the oldest and most historic structures that remain in rural southwest Alabama. Click on the "learn more" icons to access additional details and pictures.
The Curtis House, also known as the Howze-Culpepper House, was built circa 1840 by Samuel Curtis, a Revolutionary War veteran who was born in Queen An …
The Dale Masonic Lodge organized at Dale Town (later Prairie Bluff) in 1827. When the town declined in the 1840s, members voted to move the lodge to C …
Duncan Dew was a well-known planter and businessman of Eutaw. He came to Eutaw in 1822 and built this house about 1832. It is L-shaped and has elabora …
The Dickinson House is a historic two-story Italianate style home at Grove Hill, AL. It was built circa 1845. The architect is believed to have been a …
This was the home of Dr. John Watkins who was one of the early and few physicians in this part of what was then still the Mississippi Territory. Accor …
The Dr. Willis Meriwether House, also known as the Clark-Malone House, is a historic vernacular Greek Revival style house in Eutaw. The house is a two …
The exact age of this house is not known, but it dates back well into the antebellum period. One of the owners of this home was a Mr. Chadwick who di …
Dr. Gaston Drake, a planter and local physician, purchased this property in 1849 and had a house built on it. The house was destroyed by fire before …
Dry Fork is a historic plantation home located in the Sedan community near Camden, AL. This is one of the oldest documented homes still standing in Wi …
This is the oldest documented structure in Camden. It was built for Thomas Dunn who was one of the earliest settlers of this area. It is believed that …
This building, built around 1830, is one of Marion’s earliest hotels. It is thought to be the place where General Sam Houston stayed when he came to …
This house is one of the least altered of Gainesville’s early buildings. The building’s vernacular Greek Revival character suggests a construction dat …
Elmcrest, built ca. 1838, is the oldest building on the Judson College campus. In 1851, Judge John Moore purchased this home from Samuel Fowlkes and …
For many customers, Ezell’s Fish Camp is much more than a restaurant. It is a cultural institution, representing a way of life very much connected to …
Fairhope is a historic 2 ½-story Gothic Revival-style plantation home that was built for Joseph Selden and his wife, Elizabeth Minge Selden, as the ce …
UPDATE: This Falkenberry log cabin was destroyed by fire during October 2013. The cabin has been replaced by the 1880s Stanton dogtrot cabin ( https:/ …
The Fambro-Arthur house gets its name from two of its owners. One was a judge, and the other was a former slave. Judge W. W. Fambro built this house i …
This Presbyterian Church was established as a congregation in 1824, worshipping in a smaller church in old Mesopotamia, one mile to the northwest of E …
The first mention of an organized Methodist Church in St. Stephens was 1856 and this church was constructed in 1857. Land for the church was given by …
This two story house was built circa 1850 using hand-hewn 12-inch boards put together with pegs. The house was moved back about 30 feet from the highw …
This house was built about 1851 by Dr. John T. Foster who was practicing medicine at Mt. Sterling. It is located in Butler on Young Street approximate …
It’s believed that this dwelling was built in the late 1820s. The house’s modified I-frame architecture, the absence of a center hallway, and federal …
This is Gainesville’s oldest church. The congregation was organized in April of 1837 through the joint efforts of a small group of Southern-born Presb …
Constructed over an 18 year period (1843-1861), Gaineswood evolved from a two-room “dogtrot” cabin into a Greek Revival style mansion. General Nathan …
This house was built circa 1854 by Selma businessman George O. Baker. The Neo-Classic architecture features a front porch with pillars and a small cup …
This house, built in the 1830’s, was the home of Alabama’s First Civil War Governor, Andrew Barry Moore. It is located on the north side of Green Str …
This Italianate-style house was built circa 1857. In 1865, Wilson’s Raiders spared the house out of respect for Selma’s Mayor M. J. Williams. For many …
This beautiful house was built around 1845 by a prosperous Greensboro merchant tailor named Philip Happel. This two-story home has both upper and low …
The Harvey house, also referred to as Seven Pines, was built circa 1848 by Col J. G. Harvey, long-time editor of the Alabama Beacon. This house has a …
The Hawthorne House, also known as the Col. J. R. Hawthorne House, is a historic plantation house located in east Wilcox County in the community of Pi …
The land on which this house is located was patented by the U. S. government to schools along with all of the 16th sections in the State. On January 4 …
This Greek revival mansion was built c. 1855 for William B. King and named “Fairoaks” for the many trees found about the place. King was the nephew of …
This house, now called the Green House, is probably the oldest dwelling in Butler. It was originally a 2-room dogtrot cabin, possibly built by Jim Ken …
The Henry House, also known as the Lowry-Ford-Henry House, is a historic antebellum plantation house in Marion. This is just one of about 90 antebellu …
Dr. James A. Hildreth, son of the Revolutionary War Veteran, Reuben Hildreth, built this home. He bought the property where this home is located on Ma …
Located in the Green Street Historic District, this Greek Revival cottage has small ornate columns with saw-work details on the porches. The house has …
The Horn-Jones-Sadler law office was built around 1846. It is a one-story, shotgun structure with a gabled end portico. The building contains Victor …
This is a Greek Revival style house with Victorian additions. It was probably built in the 1840-1850 time period. The original owner of the house is …
The Huntington-Locke House, built circa 1834, was originally the home of the noted silversmiths Roswell and William Huntington from North Carolina. Th …