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List of oldest buildings in Alabama

May 03, 2024

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Alabama in the United States. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. The area that is now Alabama was originally inhabited by Native Americans. The settlement of Mobile began in 1702 as the first capital of the colony of French Louisiana, and the region was colonized and traded between French, British, Spanish, and American forces during the 1700s. No documented buildings remain standing in the state from this period, though Fort Toulouse has been accurately reconstructed. There is one remaining example nearby, the 1757 french colonial LaPointe-Krebs House in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The oldest existing structures within the state reflect a wave of American settlement into the Tennessee River valley, including the establishment of Huntsville in 1805.

To be listed here a site must:

  • date to Alabama statehood in 1819 or prior; or
  • be the oldest building in a region, large city, or oldest of its type (government building, style, etc.)

List edit

Building Image Location First built Type Notes
Mississippian Mounds, e.g. Moundville   Throughout state 800–1600 Earthen mounds Though no original Native American buildings remain above ground, a number of constructed platform mounds have been preserved including the 58 ft tall Mound B at the Moundville Site.
Joel Eddins House   Huntsville 1808 House The oldest documented building in the state. This European American influenced log cabin was moved from Ardmore, Alabama to its current location at Burritt on the Mountain museum in 2007.[1][2]
Jude-Crutcher House   Huntsville 1812 House Second oldest building and oldest surviving log dogtrot style house in the state. The breezeway has been enclosed and the exterior is now covered in clapboard.[3][4] 2132 Winchester Rd NW, Huntsville AL, 35810
Poplar Grove (LeRoy Pope House)   Huntsville 1813 House The third oldest building in the state, and the oldest masonry building in the state. Constructed by LeRoy Pope, the "Father of Huntsville", and visited by General Andrew Jackson on his return from the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.[5] The original federal style facade has seen the later addition of a Greek Revival portico.
Urquhart House   Huntsville 1813 House Tied with Poplar Grove as third oldest building in the state. Vacant.[6] 199 Routt Rd, Toney, Alabama, 35773
Perkins-Winston House   Huntsville 1815 House Early Huntsville home.[7]
William Reed House Birmingham 1816 House Early homestead.[8][9] 888 Twin Lake Dr NE Birmingham, AL 35215, United States
Hill of Howth   Boligee 1816 House Early homestead.[10]
Rev Thomas Newton House Ashville 1817 House Early homestead.[11][12] Barton Lane, Asheville AL 35953, United States
Lucas Tavern (Old Alabama Town) Montgomery 1818 Tavern/Inn Oldest surviving tavern in the state and the oldest building in the city of Montgomery. It is famous for hosting the Marquis de Lafayette during his 1825 trip through Alabama. Now stands at Old Alabama Town.[13]
John Looney House   Ashville 1818 House The oldest two story dogtrot house in the state.[14]
Cedarwood   Moundville 1818 House Possibly the earliest surviving plantation in the black belt region of Alabama. Restored and relocated to The University of West Alabama in Livingston .[15][16]
Hickman Cabin (Joseph Wheeler Plantation)   Wheeler 1818 House A log dogtrot home.[17]
Erskine House Huntsville 1818 House Early Huntsville home.[18] 517 Franklin St SE, Huntsville, AL 35801, United States
Phelps-Jones House   Huntsville 1818 House Early Huntsville home.[19]
The Molett House
 
 Orrville 1819 House The oldest house in Alabama owned and occupied by the family that built it. It is also documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), 1934.
Sadler House   McCalla 1819 House This home may have originally consisted of an circa 1819 log pen that was later expanded upon.[20]
Weeden House   Huntsville 1819 House Early Huntsville home.[21]
McGuire-Strickland House   Tuscaloosa 1820 House The oldest building in the city of Tuscaloosa.[22]
Goode–Hall House   Town Creek 1824 House This Tennessee Valley plantation house is one of the deep South's outstanding expressions of Jeffersonian Palladian architecture.[23]
G&J Sutherland Store   Tuscumbia 1824 Store Possibly the state's oldest surviving commercial building. The white building in the picture, its exterior details have been changed with time.[24]
Masonic Lodge #3   Perdue Hill 1824 Courthouse/Masonic Lodge Former courthouse and Masonic lodge originally built in Claiborne, one of early Alabama's largest settlements. Visited and reportedly dedicated by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825 during his tour of the United States. Moved to its present location in Perdue Hill in 1884.[25][26]
Indian Springs Baptist Church McWilliams 1825 Church Possibly the state's oldest surviving religious building.[27][28] Indian Springs Road, Beatrice, AL 36425, United States
Old Rock Jail   Rockford 1825 Jail The state's oldest jail.[29]
Lassiter House   Autaugaville 1825 House One of the state's earliest examples of the I-house form.[30]
Vincent-Doan House   Mobile 1827 House The state's oldest surviving example of French colonial influenced architecture and the oldest building in the city of Mobile.[31]
John McMahon House   Courtland 1828 House Architecturally significant example of an early Alabama Federal-style structure that reflects the carryover of Atlantic Seaboard architectural forms introduced by Virginia settlers.[32]
Bride's Hill   Wheeler 1828 House Oldest surviving example of a Tidewater-type cottage in Alabama. Vacant.
Dancy-Polk House   Decatur 1829 House Oldest building in the city of Decatur.[33]
Collins-Marston House   Mobile 1832 House Possibly the state's oldest surviving example of a creole cottage style house.[34]
Old State Bank   Decatur 1833 Bank The first state bank and oldest bank building in the state.[30]
Barton Academy   Mobile 1836 School The first public school in the state of Alabama.[35]
Somerville Courthouse   Somerville 1837 Courthouse The oldest surviving masonry courthouse in the state.[36] The structure bears much resemblance to the first Alabama state house, once located in Cahawba.
Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens   Birmingham 1845 House The oldest building in the city of Birmingham.[37]
Langdon Hall   Auburn 1846 Church The oldest building in the city of Auburn.[38]
Old Shelby County Courthouse   Columbiana 1854 Courthouse Original courthouse for the county of Shelby County, replaced by a larger marble courthouse in 1908. The structure still stands and is currently the Shelby County Museum and Archives.[39]
Bryce Hospital   Tuscaloosa 1861 Mental Health Institution Alabama's first and oldest state mental health facility.
Rickwood Field   Birmingham 1910 Baseball park The oldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States.[30]

Demolished early Alabama buildings edit

Issac Bett House, Burnt Corn Alabama[40]

The existing house once located at 308 Conti Street (now moved) in Mobile may contain portions of a 1796 structure. [41]

Sandy Hill Plantation

The Oaks

Shelby Hotel

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    Sandy Hill Plantation (Pettway Plantation) built circa 1816.
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    The Oaks built circa 1818.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Burritt on the Mountain - Huntsville Museum, Education, History".
  2. ^ House legacy.decaturdaily.com [dead link]
  3. ^ "George Jude House - Huntsville, Alabama". Archived from the original on 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  4. ^ "David and Lucy Crutcher House". 2 August 2010.
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  6. ^ "5 things to know about Madison County's 200-year-old log Urquhart house (Odd Travels with photo gallery)". 4 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Perkins-Orgain-Winston House, 401 Lincoln Street, Huntsville, Madison County, AL". Library of Congress.
  8. ^ "William Reed House".
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Greene County, AL". Library of Congress.
  11. ^ "Landmark Hunter". www.landmarkhunter.com.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Lucas Tavern / Circa 1818 - Montgomery, Alabama - Alabama Historical Markers on". Waymarking.com. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  14. ^ "Looney House".
  15. ^ "Article 404 - Tuscaloosa News - Tuscaloosa, AL".
  16. ^ BB Connection centerforblackbelt.org December 2012 [dead link]
  17. ^ . Archived from the original on 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  18. ^ "HHC". huntsvillehistorycollection.org.
  19. ^ Gamble, Robert S. (December 1980). "Phelps-Jones House". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  20. ^ "Sadler Plantation House - McCalla, Alabama". www.exploresouthernhistory.com.
  21. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  22. ^ "The Capitol School". Archived from the original on 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  23. ^ "NPGallery Asset Detail".
  24. ^ "State's oldest commercial building still kicking". 28 November 2010.
  25. ^ "Claiborne Encyclopedia of Alabama". Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  26. ^ "Masonic Lodge Marker - Historic Markers Across Alabama". Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  27. ^ "Indian Springs Baptist Church near McWilliams, AL (built ca. 1825)". RuralSWAlabama.
  28. ^ "Alabama's picturesque antebellum log and wooden churches". 6 March 2014.
  29. ^ "Old Rock Jail & Museum".
  30. ^ a b c . Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  31. ^ "Home". mobilemedicalmuseum.com.
  32. ^ "Asset Detail".
  33. ^ . Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  34. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000005_text
  35. ^ "Home".
  36. ^ Photo flickr.com [dead link]
  37. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  38. ^ . Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  39. ^ "Courthouse | Shelby County, AL - Official Website". www.shelbyal.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  40. ^ "Burnt Corn, Alabama".
  41. ^ "308-310 Conti Street (Double House), Mobile, Mobile County, AL". Library of Congress.

External links edit

  • The Alabama Historical Commission Website

May 03, 2024
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This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Alabama in the United States Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology architectural studies and historical records The area that is now Alabama was originally inhabited by Native Americans The settlement of Mobile began in 1702 as the first capital of the colony of French Louisiana and the region was colonized and traded between French British Spanish and American forces during the 1700s No documented buildings remain standing in the state from this period though Fort Toulouse has been accurately reconstructed There is one remaining example nearby the 1757 french colonial LaPointe Krebs House in Pascagoula Mississippi The oldest existing structures within the state reflect a wave of American settlement into the Tennessee River valley including the establishment of Huntsville in 1805 To be listed here a site must date to Alabama statehood in 1819 or prior or be the oldest building in a region large city or oldest of its type government building style etc Contents 1 List 2 Demolished early Alabama buildings 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksList editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2013 Building Image Location First built Type Notes Mississippian Mounds e g Moundville nbsp Throughout state 800 1600 Earthen mounds Though no original Native American buildings remain above ground a number of constructed platform mounds have been preserved including the 58 ft tall Mound B at the Moundville Site Joel Eddins House nbsp Huntsville 1808 House The oldest documented building in the state This European American influenced log cabin was moved from Ardmore Alabama to its current location at Burritt on the Mountain museum in 2007 1 2 Jude Crutcher House nbsp Huntsville 1812 House Second oldest building and oldest surviving log dogtrot style house in the state The breezeway has been enclosed and the exterior is now covered in clapboard 3 4 2132 Winchester Rd NW Huntsville AL 35810 Poplar Grove LeRoy Pope House nbsp Huntsville 1813 House The third oldest building in the state and the oldest masonry building in the state Constructed by LeRoy Pope the Father of Huntsville and visited by General Andrew Jackson on his return from the Battle of Horseshoe Bend 5 The original federal style facade has seen the later addition of a Greek Revival portico Urquhart House nbsp Huntsville 1813 House Tied with Poplar Grove as third oldest building in the state Vacant 6 199 Routt Rd Toney Alabama 35773 Perkins Winston House nbsp Huntsville 1815 House Early Huntsville home 7 William Reed House Birmingham 1816 House Early homestead 8 9 888 Twin Lake Dr NE Birmingham AL 35215 United States Hill of Howth nbsp Boligee 1816 House Early homestead 10 Rev Thomas Newton House Ashville 1817 House Early homestead 11 12 Barton Lane Asheville AL 35953 United States Lucas Tavern Old Alabama Town Montgomery 1818 Tavern Inn Oldest surviving tavern in the state and the oldest building in the city of Montgomery It is famous for hosting the Marquis de Lafayette during his 1825 trip through Alabama Now stands at Old Alabama Town 13 John Looney House nbsp Ashville 1818 House The oldest two story dogtrot house in the state 14 Cedarwood nbsp Moundville 1818 House Possibly the earliest surviving plantation in the black belt region of Alabama Restored and relocated to The University of West Alabama in Livingston 15 16 Hickman Cabin Joseph Wheeler Plantation nbsp Wheeler 1818 House A log dogtrot home 17 Erskine House Huntsville 1818 House Early Huntsville home 18 517 Franklin St SE Huntsville AL 35801 United States Phelps Jones House nbsp Huntsville 1818 House Early Huntsville home 19 The Molett House nbsp Orrville 1819 House The oldest house in Alabama owned and occupied by the family that built it It is also documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey HABS 1934 Sadler House nbsp McCalla 1819 House This home may have originally consisted of an circa 1819 log pen that was later expanded upon 20 Weeden House nbsp Huntsville 1819 House Early Huntsville home 21 McGuire Strickland House nbsp Tuscaloosa 1820 House The oldest building in the city of Tuscaloosa 22 Goode Hall House nbsp Town Creek 1824 House This Tennessee Valley plantation house is one of the deep South s outstanding expressions of Jeffersonian Palladian architecture 23 G amp J Sutherland Store nbsp Tuscumbia 1824 Store Possibly the state s oldest surviving commercial building The white building in the picture its exterior details have been changed with time 24 Masonic Lodge 3 nbsp Perdue Hill 1824 Courthouse Masonic Lodge Former courthouse and Masonic lodge originally built in Claiborne one of early Alabama s largest settlements Visited and reportedly dedicated by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825 during his tour of the United States Moved to its present location in Perdue Hill in 1884 25 26 Indian Springs Baptist Church McWilliams 1825 Church Possibly the state s oldest surviving religious building 27 28 Indian Springs Road Beatrice AL 36425 United States Old Rock Jail nbsp Rockford 1825 Jail The state s oldest jail 29 Lassiter House nbsp Autaugaville 1825 House One of the state s earliest examples of the I house form 30 Vincent Doan House nbsp Mobile 1827 House The state s oldest surviving example of French colonial influenced architecture and the oldest building in the city of Mobile 31 John McMahon House nbsp Courtland 1828 House Architecturally significant example of an early Alabama Federal style structure that reflects the carryover of Atlantic Seaboard architectural forms introduced by Virginia settlers 32 Bride s Hill nbsp Wheeler 1828 House Oldest surviving example of a Tidewater type cottage in Alabama Vacant Dancy Polk House nbsp Decatur 1829 House Oldest building in the city of Decatur 33 Collins Marston House nbsp Mobile 1832 House Possibly the state s oldest surviving example of a creole cottage style house 34 Old State Bank nbsp Decatur 1833 Bank The first state bank and oldest bank building in the state 30 Barton Academy nbsp Mobile 1836 School The first public school in the state of Alabama 35 Somerville Courthouse nbsp Somerville 1837 Courthouse The oldest surviving masonry courthouse in the state 36 The structure bears much resemblance to the first Alabama state house once located in Cahawba Arlington Antebellum Home amp Gardens nbsp Birmingham 1845 House The oldest building in the city of Birmingham 37 Langdon Hall nbsp Auburn 1846 Church The oldest building in the city of Auburn 38 Old Shelby County Courthouse nbsp Columbiana 1854 Courthouse Original courthouse for the county of Shelby County replaced by a larger marble courthouse in 1908 The structure still stands and is currently the Shelby County Museum and Archives 39 Bryce Hospital nbsp Tuscaloosa 1861 Mental Health Institution Alabama s first and oldest state mental health facility Rickwood Field nbsp Birmingham 1910 Baseball park The oldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States 30 Demolished early Alabama buildings editIssac Bett House Burnt Corn Alabama 40 The existing house once located at 308 Conti Street now moved in Mobile may contain portions of a 1796 structure 41 Sandy Hill PlantationThe OaksShelby Hotel nbsp Sandy Hill Plantation Pettway Plantation built circa 1816 nbsp The Oaks built circa 1818 See also editList of the oldest buildings in the United States History of Alabama List of the oldest buildings in Florida List of the oldest buildings in Georgia List of the oldest buildings in Mississippi List of the oldest buildings in Tennessee Timeline of architectural styles List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama National Register of Historic Places listings in Alabama Alabama Register of Landmarks and HeritageReferences edit Burritt on the Mountain Huntsville Museum Education History House legacy decaturdaily com dead link George Jude House Huntsville Alabama Archived from the original on 2013 08 18 Retrieved 2013 08 18 David and Lucy Crutcher House 2 August 2010 Huntsville Alabama G I S Division Historic Markers Site Archived from the original on 2015 01 20 Retrieved 2013 08 18 5 things to know about Madison County s 200 year old log Urquhart house Odd Travels with photo gallery 4 June 2013 Perkins Orgain Winston House 401 Lincoln Street Huntsville Madison County AL Library of Congress William Reed House Archived copy Archived from the original on 2020 07 23 Retrieved 2020 07 23 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Hill of Howth County Road 19 Boligee Greene County AL Library of Congress Landmark Hunter www landmarkhunter com Archived copy Archived from the original on 2020 07 23 Retrieved 2020 07 23 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Lucas Tavern Circa 1818 Montgomery Alabama Alabama Historical Markers on Waymarking com 2011 11 22 Retrieved 2022 05 04 Looney House Article 404 Tuscaloosa News Tuscaloosa AL BB Connection centerforblackbelt org December 2012 dead link Alabama Historical Commission Pond Spring Gen Joseph Wheeler Home Archived from the original on 2010 10 21 Retrieved 2013 08 20 HHC huntsvillehistorycollection org Gamble Robert S December 1980 Phelps Jones House National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form U S Department of the Interior Retrieved August 26 2013 Sadler Plantation House McCalla Alabama www exploresouthernhistory com The House s History Archived from the original on 2013 09 11 Retrieved 2013 08 20 The Capitol School Archived from the original on 2013 08 20 Retrieved 2013 08 20 NPGallery Asset Detail State s oldest commercial building still kicking 28 November 2010 Claiborne Encyclopedia of Alabama Retrieved 2019 04 18 Masonic Lodge Marker Historic Markers Across Alabama Retrieved 2019 04 18 Indian Springs Baptist Church near McWilliams AL built ca 1825 RuralSWAlabama Alabama s picturesque antebellum log and wooden churches 6 March 2014 Old Rock Jail amp Museum a b c National Register Archived from the original on 2010 12 04 Retrieved 2012 07 17 Home mobilemedicalmuseum com Asset Detail Historic Decatur Christmas Tour Carriage rides Archived from the original on 2012 11 30 Retrieved 2013 08 20 https npgallery nps gov NRHP GetAsset NRHP 64000005 text Home Photo flickr com dead link City of Birmingham Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens Archived from the original on 2013 07 05 Retrieved 2013 08 20 Langdon Hall AU Archived from the original on 2012 02 10 Retrieved 2013 08 20 Courthouse Shelby County AL Official Website www shelbyal com Retrieved 2021 11 18 Burnt Corn Alabama 308 310 Conti Street Double House Mobile Mobile County AL Library of Congress External links editThe Alabama Historical Commission Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of oldest buildings in Alabama amp oldid 1219813321, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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