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Built in 1844 for John Glascock from Virginia, the home is of French Gothic design with distinctive Gothic windows. Glascock was a leading merchant and citizen of Tuscaloosa prior to the Civil War. Six bracketed posts of wood support the roof of the…

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Jim Harrison, Sr. and his son, Ben Harrison, are shown after Central Drug Store was remodeled in the mid-1970s. The soda fountain and booths were removed and a large photography center was added.

In 1941, 16 years after receiving an Auburn…

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Central Drug Store was located at 2315 Broad Street (now University Blvd) in Tuscaloosa. This picture shows the original mosaic tile flooring along with the store's soda fountain on the right side.

In 1941, 16 years after receiving an Auburn…

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Central Drug store's soda fountain shown in this photo was a very popular meeting place for university students who shopped downtown.

Central Drug Store on Broad Street (now University Boulevard) was a landmark. In 1941, 16 years after receiving…

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This photo of the Central Drug Store shows the original mosaic tile flooring along with the store's soda fountain and booths on the left side.

Central Drug Store on Broad Street (now University Boulevard) was a landmark. In 1941, 16 years after…

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Central Drug Company - Harco was located at 2315 University Blvd in Tuscaloosa. This picture shows the store's Rexall affiliation.

In 1941, 16 years after receiving an Auburn University pharmacy degree, James Harrison and his wife, Elizabeth, were…

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This simple, one-story Gothic style house was built in the 1870s when Alabama was still under a Reconstruction government and attempting to overcome the aftermath of the Civil War. It was the first new structure built in Tuscaloosa after the…

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Located at 2715 7th Street, Tuscaloosa, the house is now occupied by Ward Scott Architecture.

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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 plantations south of Tuscaloosa in present day Hale County.…

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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…

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