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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: City Hall and Southern Market
The Italianate style Old City Hall and Southern Market in Mobile was completed in 1857. This building exemplifies the 19th-century American trend toward structures that served multiple civic functions.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of this church from 1954 to 1960. The Montgomery Improvement Association, which was headed by Dr. King, had its headquarters in the church and organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott from this site in...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Tuskegee Institute
One of the best known African American universities in the United States, Tuskegee was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881. It began with a curriculum designed to provide industrial and vocational education to African Americans and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Sloss Blast Furnaces
Built from 1881 to 1882, this is the oldest remaining blast furnace in the state. Its NHL designation represents Alabama's early 20th-century preeminence in the production of pig iron and cast iron, an example of a post-Civil War effort...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Al: Government Street Presbyterian Church
This church was built in 1836 and is one of the oldest and least-altered Greek Revival church buildings in the United States. The architectural design is by James Gallier, James Dakin, and Charles Dakin.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Yuchi Town Site
This archaeological site was occupied by the Apalachicola and Yuchi tribes. During the 17th century, the Apalachicola tribe allied with the Spanish in Florida against the English in Carolina and were ultimately destroyed as a culture....
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Apalachicola Fort Site
Spain established this wattle and daub blockhouse on the Chattahoochee River in 1690, attempting to maintain influence among the Lower Creek Indians. It was used for one year, and destroyed by the Spanish when they abandoned it.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Wilson Dam
Wilson Dam, on the Tennessee River, was built between 1918 and 1925 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and later came under the control of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). It is the oldest of TVA's hydroelectric dams.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Gaineswood
This Greek Revival mansion was designated a NHL because it is considered one of the most unusual examples of that architectural style in the United States. It was built over the course of eighteen years by amateur architect and planter...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Fort Morgan
Fort Morgan was completed in 1834 and was used by Confederate forces during the Battle of Mobile Bay. This battle resulted in the Union Navy's Admiral David Farragut taking Mobile Bay and sealing off the Port of Mobile to Confederate...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Foster Auditorium
The Alabama National Guard, Federal marshals, and U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach escorted Vivian Malone past Alabama governor George C. Wallace during his infamous "Stand In The Schoolhouse Door" in front of this building in...