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Liston Hall was the first building erected on the site of the present campus of Stillman College. It was built one or two years after the land was purchased by the school in 1898 and served as the first dormitory and chapel for students. The building…

Advertisement for the Alabama Central Female College found in the 1903 Corolla, the University of Alabama yearbook. The photo features the main building and dormitory, and the advertisement boasts "Nothing cheap; nothing extravagant." The president…

Clara L. Verner dedicated her life to teaching and community work.

Beginning in 1901, she taught in the Tuscaloosa public schools for 51 years. She was principal of Tuscaloosa High School for 27 of those years and spent 7 years as director of…

An advertisement for the Verner Military Institute scanned from the 1896 Corolla, the University of Alabama's yearbook.

Verner Military Institute was founded in October, 1877, as University High School by Professor William H. Verner. It was…

Alumnae Hall was located in the north building on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The room was originally used as the Senate Chamber when used as the state capitol.

The Alabama State Capitol was located in Tuscaloosa from 1826 until 1847. The stone…

Artist drawing of the Alabama Central Female College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Alabama Central Female College was housed in the old state capitol building on grounds owned by the University of Alabama.

The Alabama State Capitol was located in…

In 1943 all Holt High School senior boys were drafted or volunteered for military service in World War II. All survived the conflict and some made the military a career.

Front row: John Allen, Babe Weller, Eugene McDaniel, Knox Boltler, Cutie…

The East End Elementary School was built in 1962 in a predominately black residential area near the Jaycee Park in Alberta. In 1969, the court ordered the closing of the all-black school. Most of its students transferred to Alberta Elementary…

Named after General William Gorgas, Gorgas Elementary School was located in northern Tuscaloosa County, on land donated by Isaac Morgan Boone. It was the first graded school in rural Tuscaloosa County (succeeded one-room schoolhouses). It later…

Industrial High School for black students was located on 15th Street at the site of the present Central Elementary School.
The graduating class of 1946 included:
Front row: Teacher Effie Mathews, unknown, Thomas Brown, Mildred Abercrombie, Oscar…