This postcard was sent from Gaius Whitfield of Demopolis to Edwina Dakin of Columbus, Miss., on August 7, 1905, during their courtship. Dakin and Whitfield never married. Instead, Dakin married Cornelius Williams and the two became parents of two…
In 1962, this landmark antebellum home on Greensboro Avenue was razed. The house, known as the deGraffenried House (or the Hester- deGraffenried House), was constructed in 1845 as a wedding gift.
Located at 1217 Greensboro Avenue on the northwest…
The Cochrane House and 20 acres of land on 15th Street in West Tuscaloosa were purchased as a new home for Stillman Institute in 1898. Founded as Tuscaloosa Institute, the name was changed in honor of its founder, Dr. Charles A. Stillman. It was…
The house, an excellent copy of antebellum architecture, was built in 1907 by Frederick W. Monnish. The house was built with the finest first grade pine lumber from long-leaf pine as Monnish owned a saw mill at the time it was built.
This postcard is titled "The Oaks".
The house, an excellent copy of antebellum architecture, was built in 1907 by Frederick W. Monnish. The house was built with the finest first grade pine lumber from long-leaf pine as Monnish owned a saw mill at…
The William C. Cochrane House and 20 acres of land on 15th Street in West Tuscaloosa were purchased as a new home for Stillman Institute in 1898. Founded as Tuscaloosa Institute, the name was changed in honor of its founder, Dr. Charles A. Stillman.…
The Minor-Searcy-Owens House was originally built in 1826 by Judge Henry Minor. Judge Minor was a member of the Alabama Supreme Court as well as a member of first University of Alabama Board of Trustees.
This early photo shows the Drish House in Tuscaloosa, AL.
This historic house was built in 1837 by Dr. John R. Drish, a prominent early settler, as the focal point for a plantation that bordered the city limits of Tuscaloosa. It once stood in the…
Built in 1840 by Dr. James Somerville, the Somerville-Hale House, 709 Queen City Avenue, was built on property purchased from Samuel Strudwick, an ancestor of Julia Tutwiler's. The small Strudwick home was razed, although materials salvaged were…