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The Lorrie Memorial Lending Library is located in the Holt community. The library is owned by God’s House, an independent church. The library occupies a former post office on the property of the church. The 4,000-volume library was named for the…

God's House is an independent Christian congregation that believes that classism, racism, sexism, and other social discriminations do not belong in the church. God’s House was established in August, 2002, and is served by two pastors, Rev. Helene…

The little white Elmore Church stands atop a hill three miles south of Gordo, AL, off County Road 21.

The late J.W. Mustin, once probate judge of Pickens County, was the original owner and stated in the deed that the two acres on which the Elmore…

The Brown Memorial Church was founded in December 1880 as the Salem Presbyterian Church. The Black members of the First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa wanted to have their own church and were assisted in this effort by Dr. Charles A. Stillman,…

The First Presbyterian Church of Eutaw, Ala., was founded in 1824 as the Mesopotamia Presbyterian Church, in the small village of Mesopotamia, a mile west of what is now Eutaw. In the 1840s, the congregation decided to move to the bustling hub of…

This photograph shows the First Presbyterian Church in 1937. This building is still in use with additions and renovations over the years. The First Presbyterian Church in Tuscaloosa was founded by 16 Presbyterians who left Pendleton, SC, to settle on…

A postcard of the First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa which appears to have been given (but not posted) as a New Year's greeting in 1919 by Mrs. Snow, The poem on the card reads: A bright New Year and a sunny track Along an upward way, And a song…

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church of Gordo was founded in 1843. The first church was a log building with a dirt floor and seats made of split logs and was heated by an eight-foot wide fireplace behind the pulpit and lit by oil lamps. The church had very…

In 1913, several families in Bibb and Perry counties moved to Tuscaloosa to work at the Kaul Lumber Company, a new plant at the time, and Tuscaloosa Hosiery Mills. Mission work began in the homes of the people and a church was organized call Pierce…

Rev. Elisha Brown (1875 - 1943) baptizes converts from Corinth Baptist Church in west Tuscaloosa County at Elledge Lake near Coker, Alabama. Rev. Brown was a resident of Gordo who rode his mule to Corinth Church to preach.

Rev. Brown used a stick…