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Epsibeth Missionary Baptist Church, Montevallo, Shelby County

5/1/2023

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Epsibeth Missionary Baptist Church has served the community of Aldrich, near Montevallo, for more than 150 years. (Photo by Robin McDonald)
William Farrington Aldrich, owner of the Montevallo Coal Mining Company, established Epsibeth Missionary Baptist Church for the African American community in 1873. Th e church also served as an early school for African American children. Despite the Montevallo Coal Mine Company closing in 1942, the congregation of Epsibeth stayed and continued to worship in the building. Located near Montevallo close to the entrance to the mines, the Aldrich Company Store, and Farrington Hall, this church site served as the center of Aldrich’s African American community. With its use as a church, school, and community gathering place, the preservation of this building is key to understanding the African American experience in Aldrich.

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William Lanford House, Huntsville, Madison County

5/1/2023

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The William Lanford House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1850. (Photo by Robin McDonald)
The William Lanford House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and is significant for its architectural style and the role it played in the early agricultural history of Madison County. William Lanford (1797–1881) moved to Madison County from Louisa County, Virginia, and established himself as a successful land speculator and planter. He had the home constructed in 1850. William married Charlotte F. Fennell in 1832, and the couple had three children before Charlotte died in 1840. After William and his three children moved to the property, they turned it into a thriving plantation.

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Oscar Meredith Home, Tuscumbia, Colbert County

5/1/2023

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The Oscar Meredith Home has suffered severe damage from storms just in the past three years, according to owner Oscar Meredith. (Photo by Robin McDonald)
In 1916, African American farmer Oscar James Meredith purchased property in Colbert County and constructed a log cabin. Though the Jim Crow era was challenging, Meredith’s family was familiar with such circumstances. Meredith’s grandmother, Mattie Reid Napier, was born into slavery at the nearby Belle Mont Plantation outside of Tuscumbia, Alabama, and served as the plantation’s cook once she came of age. After emancipation, Mattie and her husband continued to work on the plantation as tenant farmers.

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Eddistone Hotel, Selma, Dallas County

5/1/2023

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Selma’s Eddistone Hotel housed the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction. After its days as a hotel ended, it hosted a variety of small businesses into the 1990s.
Constructed in 1855, the Eddistone Hotel is a rare example of a surviving antebellum hotel in Selma, Alabama. Along with the nearby, well-known, and recently rehabilitated St. James Hotel, the Eddistone significantly contributed to the development of Selma’s waterfront and continues to dominate the built environment along Water Avenue.

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Battleground School, Vinemont, Cullman County

5/1/2023

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A white school building.
Battleground School served the Cullman County community of Vinemont as a middle school for almost thirty years. (Photo by Robin McDonald)
In 1932, the Cullman County Board of Education con-structed the Battleground School. F. M. and Mary Gray sold the land to the state of Alabama for $150 on August 11, 1931. In 1932, P. E. Moore, superintendent of Cullman County Schools, allowed the community to donate 63,000 feet of lumber for the project. F. G. Fanning constructed the initial two-room building, and only grades seven through nine were taught for the first school year. Students then transferred to Falkville or Cullman to attend high school. Students in grades one through six attended several small one-room schools throughout the community.

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