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The northwest dining room of the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion during the time the J.P. Burchfields owned the house.

The house was purchased in 1945 by J. P. Burchfield, Jr. and Nell M. Burchfield. At that time the house was completely renovated…

The northwest living room of the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion during the time the J.P. Burchfields owned the house.

The house was purchased in 1945 by J. P. Burchfield, Jr. and Nell M. Burchfield. At that time the house was completely renovated…

A handsome antebellum home, the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion was built by Robert Jemison, Jr., plantation owner. The house was completed in 1862 and built of materials that came from Jemison plantations. Slave labor trained at his Cherokee…

Sketch of Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion when it was the home of A.C. Hargrove. (Misspelling on sketch.)

During an excavation on the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion grounds, the top of one of the two beehive cisterns was uncovered.

The Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion was built by Robert Jemison, Jr. and completed in 1862. Jemison owned six plantations, totaling over 10,000 acres. Materials to build the house came from those plantations. Much of the work was done by slaves trained…

The lounge or television room of the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion during the time the J.P. Burchfields owned the house.

The house was purchased in 1945 by J. P. Burchfield, Jr. and Nell M. Burchfield. At that time the house was completely…

The Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion when it housed the Friedman Library, 1958 - 1979.

In 1955, this house then owned by the Burchfields was purchased by the YMCA for $70,000. In a prearranged agreement, it was then exchanged with Mr. Victor Hugo…

Originally the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Maxwell, constructed in 1911 on the corner of then-unpaved 7th Street and 21st Avenue. The house had entrances on both streets.

Maxwell was a grocer and served as chief clerk in the probate office…

The Battle-Friedman House covered with a layer of snow.

The Battle-Friedman House was built about 1835 by Alfred Battle, a North Carolina native who had come to Tuscaloosa in 1821, and his wife, Millicent. A wealthy planter, Battle owned three…