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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...

Gadsen Cinema | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

Gadsden Cinema

History of the Gadsden Cinema The Gadsden Cinema opened on Thursday, April 30, 1970, under the management of Gadsden Theatres, Inc. The facility featured 863 rocking chair seats and was located...

Dunbar High School | Photo © 2024 www.abandonedalabama.com

Dunbar High School

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, originally Bessemer Colored High School, was a public school for African-American students that operated in Bessemer, Alabama, from...

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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...

Sweet Home | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

Sweet Home

The Sweet Family Sweet Home, also called the Sweet House, is the former home of Henry Wilson Sweet Sr., Bessemer’s first undertaker and a furniture dealer. He was born on September 19, 1866...

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...

Birmingham Fire Station No. 16 | Photo © 2024, www.abandonedalabama.com

Birmingham Fire Station No. 16

Fire Station No. 16 and Ensley Jail During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Birmingham, Alabama, witnessed significant growth, resulting in the expansion of various city services, including...

Searcy Hospital | Photo © 2024 Matthan Brown

Searcy Hospital

Mount Vernon Arsenal and Barracks The history of Searcy Hospital dates back to 1828, when the Mount Vernon Arsenal was established by the United States Army as an ordnance manufacturing facility in...

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