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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

First Methodist Church of Bessemer

Short History of Bessemer, Ala. The town of Bessemer was founded during the Reconstruction Era by the Bessemer Land and Improvement Company, named after Henry Bessemer and owned by coal magnate Henry...

Tankersley Rosenwald School | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

Tankersley Rosenwald School

The Rosenwald Fund The Tankersley Rosenwald School is a one-story, rural school built for underprivileged African American children. It was built with funding from the Rosenwald Fund, established in...

Ernest F. Bush Middle School | Photo © 2020, www.abandonedalabama.com

Bush School

Ensley School The Bush School, originally known as Ensley School, was built in 1901 at 2211 Avenue G in Birmingham, Alabama. The newly ratified Alabama Constitution of 1901 provided funding for this...

Uniontown High School | Photo © 2021 www.abandonedalabama.com

Uniontown High School

Uniontown High School Uniontown High School was organized in 1892 with Alvin Milton Spessard serving as its president and principal. The school’s board of trustees included Gaston Drake...

Colored Masonic Temple | Photo © 2022 Bullet, www.abandonedalabama.com

Colored Masonic Temple

Colored Masonry in Alabama Colored Masonry in Alabama came into existence approximately 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. By 1869, there were between eight and ten properly and...

32nd Street baptist Church

32nd Street Baptist Church

Dr. Ellis M. Morton The 32nd Street Baptist Church was a Baptist church located at 518 32nd Street South In Birmingham, Alabama from 1910 to 1995. The church served a predominantly...

Quinlan Castle | Photo © Bullet 2021, www.abandonedalabamacom

Quinlan Castle

Quinlan Construction Company The Quinlan Construction Company was incorporated in April 1926 with Dr. Henry Pierce Hanna, a well-known Birmingham physician who practiced there for 60 years; John...

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