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Old Cahawba | Photo © 2024 www.abandonedalabama.com

Old Cahawba

Cahawba, Alabama: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of the State’s First Capital Cahawba (often called Cahaba) began as an undeveloped settlement at the meeting point of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers. On...

Byrd School | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Byrd School

History of the Byrd School The Byrd School is a former school located on Lapsey Street in what is known as the Old Town historic district of Selma, Alabama. It opened in 1919 and was designed by the...

Snow Hill Institute | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Snow Hill Institute

History of the Snow Hill Institute Snow Hill Institute, also known as the Colored Literary and Industrial School, was founded in 1893 by Dr. William James Edwards, the son of formerly enslaved...

Selma Baptist Hospital | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Alabama Baptist Hospital

History of the Alabama Baptist Hospital The Alabama Baptist Hospital, located in the historic Riverview neighborhood of Selma, Alabama, was built in 1922 under the direction of architect Frank...

Pioneer Village | Photo © 2022, www.abandonedalabama.com

Pioneer Village

The Old Pioneer Village and Flea Market The old Pioneer Village north of Troy, Alabama, opened sometime in the early to mid-1980s and was owned by James Ralph Johnson. Johnson was born in Elba...

Noble Street School | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Noble Street School

Founding of Anniston, Alabama After the Civil War and the return of peace, many southern cities pursued industrial development to modernize their economies. The Noble Brothers Iron Works in Rome...

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Judge William Varner House

William Varner, Planter and Architect William Verner was born May 9, 1793, in Decatur County, Georgia, the son of Irish and Scottish immigrants George Varner and Elizabeth Donaldson. After his wife...

Anniston First Methodist Church | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

First Baptist Church of Anniston

First Baptist Church of Anniston The First Baptist Church of Anniston was organized in 1887 and met in a frame house in West Anniston. It is the oldest church in Anniston. A building was built on the...

King Memorial Hospital | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

King Memorial Hospital

Not far from Selma’s downtown district lies the remains of the King Memorial Hospital, formerly known as Dunn Nursing Home. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a...

Uniontown United Methodist Church | Photo © 2020, www.abandonedalabama.com

Uniontown United Methodist Church

Uniontown United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church in Uniontown, Alabama is a brick Greek Revival church building constructed in 1858 by local builder Theophilus Gilliam Fowler. Its...

Normandale Shopping Center | Photo © 2022 Bullet, www.abandonedalabama.com

Normandale Shopping Center

History of the Normandale Shopping Center After World War II, the first shopping plaza in Alabama was constructed on a 22.5-acre plot, 3 miles south of the Alabama State House. The plaza was named...

Edgar H. Battle Funeral Home | Photo © www.abandonedalabama.com

Edgar H. Battle Funeral Home

Edgar H. Battle, Funeral Director Located in Phenix City, Alabama, Edgar H. Battle Funeral Home was established in 1950 by Edgar Hugh Battle, born on October 15, 1909, in Barbour County, Alabama, the...

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