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This photo shows the Searcy House as it is being prepared for demolition in 2014.

The two-story Searcy House was built in 1904 by George Searcy, a Tuscaloosa banker and businessman. It was sold to Tuscaloosa County in 1925 for $35,000. The…

Dr. Peter Bryce, the first superintendent of Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and his wife Ellen Peter Bryce are buried on the lawn of the hospital. The monument reads:

Peter Bryce, M.D.
March 5, 1834
August 14, 1892
For 32 years…

Historical markers are at the gravesite of Dr. Peter Bryce and Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce located on the lawn of Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa AL.   Text of the marker:Dr. Peter & Mrs. Ellen Peter-Bryce Gravesite Tuscaloosa County Dr. Peter Bryce,…

The historical marker for Black Warrior's Town is located in front of Tuscaloosa Fire Department No. 8 at 2200 Eutaw Highway.

The sign reads: One half mile north was the Creek Indian village known as Black Warrior's Town, of which Oce-Oche-Motla…

The building was built in 1914 by Gordo's first town council to house Mayor Benjamin Garrison's office, city courtroom and jail. It was used as city hall and jail until 1949. Records show it to be the oldest remaining brick structure in Gordo. It was…

Few people can call the University of Alabama campus home. Students and even presidents of the institution live there only temporarily. Wilma Hosea O’Rourke, born on Nov. 28, 1921, grew up there.

Zeb Hosea, O’Rourke’s father, was a steamfitter…

A marker erected by the Alabama Historical Association marks the site of the Psi chapter of Zeta Beta Tau , the first Jewish fraternity on the University of Alabama campus.

Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) was first organized in New York at Columbia University…

The City of Tuscaloosa unveiled a historical marker at the site of the old Fort W.W. Brandon Armory at Fire Station No. 2 on Paul W. Bryant Drive on June 12, 2004.

The marker reads:

The Tuscaloosa Armory was located on this site from 1938 to…

A historical marker for the Alberta City Cemetery on 13th Street in Tuscaloosa reads:

Land for Alberta Cemetery acquired 1912 by Alberta City Methodist Church: first burial June 1914; operated as church cemetery until 1938 when Alberta City…

The gravestone for Robert Jemison Jr. and Priscilla C. Jemison stands in the Jemison Cemetery in Northport, AL. The headstones state:Robert Jemison,Jr. born in Georgia Sep 4, 1802 died at Tuscaloosa, Ala. October 16, 1871 Priscilla C. Jemison born in…