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Madison was first settled around 1818 as a farming community, but significant growth began in 1858, when the first depot was built along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad line. Madison Station became an important loading point for the shipment of cotton, supplanting the Tennessee River as the preferred means of shipment.
Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (3rd ed. 2018; 1st ed. 1994), 816pp; the standard scholarly history online older edition; online 2018 edition; Alabama State Department of Education. History of Education in Alabama (Bulletin 1975, No. 7.O) Online free; Bridges, Edwin C. Alabama: The Making of an American State (2016) 264pp excerpt
The Jackson Historic District is a historic district in the city of Jackson, Alabama, United States. Jackson was founded in 1816 and is the oldest incorporated settlement in Clarke County . The historic district features examples of Greek Revival , Queen Anne , Colonial Revival , and regional vernacular architecture. [ 2 ]
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 Joseph Wheeler Plantation, formally known as The Joseph Wheeler Plantation, is a historic plantation complex and historic district in the Tennessee River Valley in Wheeler, Alabama. [2] The property contains twelve historically significant structures dating from 1818 to the 1880s. [ 3 ]
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Battelle was once a thriving mining community which was spread in a north – south line along the foot of Lookout Mountain five miles north of Valley Head, Alabama. At the beginning of the 20th century, Battelle included hundreds of houses, a school, a commissary, a hotel and post office, in addition to the furnace and coke ovens.
Langdale Historic District is a historic district in Valley, Alabama, and Harris County, Georgia, United States.It was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 22, 1991, and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on November 12, 1999.