But if you're in town (or anywhere else in the state) this summer, you should take the chance and go exploring. Choose one of these sites on the Alabama Register of Historic Places. There's at least one near you, I guarantee! Or you can just venture out on your own, and try to find something.
If you've been to any of these sites, or have any information about them, please feel free to share! If you decide to go exploring, let me know what you discover! I plan to go compile information on sites from every county in Alabama, starting with West Central Alabama. I'll get to them all eventually, but if you want to read the reports yourself, you can find the entire list at The Alabama Historical Commission.
Name. Bibb Co
Training School
AKA. Davidson High
School, Centreville Elementary School
Town. Centreville
Important to. Black history,
education, prominent educator
Date. 1889
Use. School
Ownership status. Public
Site. Original
Interior condition. Excellent
Exterior condition. Excellent
Endangered? No
Visible from road? Yes
Name. Brierfield
Coal & Iron Co Superintendent’s House
City. Brierfield
Status. Occupied
Accessible? Yes,
restricted
Address. 13728
Montevallo Rd Brierfield, AL 35035
Construction date.
1882
Alteration date.
1897, 2010
Builder. Herman Pfaff
Condition. Excellent
Remaining historic
fabric. Medium
Historic use. Residence
Current use. Office space
Alterations? Moved to
present site in 2010
Setting. Located within
the Brierfield Historic Ironworks Park
Important to. Industry
Name. Green Pond Presbyterian
Church & Cemetery
AKA. Bethany Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
Address. 65
Presbyterian Church Rd Green Pond, AL 35074
Ownership. Private
Status. Occupied
Present use. Religious
Owner. Green Pond
Presbyterian Congregation, 65 Presbyterian Church Rd, PO 100, Green Pond, AL
35074
Condition. Excellent
Altered? Yes
Period. 1800-99
Significance. Architecture,
religion, funerary art
Date. 1884
Name. James Wallace
Mason House
AKA. Mason House
Location. AL Hwy 5,
five miles south of the intersection of AL 5 and US 82. Brent, AL
Ownership. Private
Status. Occupied
Accessible? Yes,
unrestricted
Present use. Commercial
Owner. B & C
Leasing, LLC
Condition. Excellent
Altered? Yes
Site. Original
Period. 1800-99
Significance. Architecture
Date. 1889
Name. Bibb Co Junior
High School
AKA. Bibb Co High
School
NOTE! DESTROYED BY
FIRE DEC 2008
Address. 335 Walnut
St, Centreville
Present use. Education-Junior
High
Historic use. Education-High
School
Condition. Good
Integrity. Original site
Threats. None
Surroundings. Open land,
scattered buildings
Significance. Events-local
and state, architecture
Date. 1909
Name. Sandy Chapel
Methodist Church
Location. Church St,
Hwy 82 E
Town. Centreville, 4
miles E on 82
Use. Religious
Ownership. Private
Condition. Good
Integrity. Original site
Surroundings. Woodland
Significance. Events-local,
state, national; architecture
Date. 1910
Name. Ellison House
AKA. Vance House
Address. 365
Birmingham Rd, Centreville 35042
Use. Private residence
Condition. Excellent
Surrounding. Residential
Significance. Events-local,
architecture
Date. 1899
Name. West Blocton
Commercial District
Location. Main St,
West Blocton
Ownership. Public &
private
Status. Occupied &
unoccupied
Accessible. Yes,
restricted & no
Present use. Commercial,
vacant
Condition. Good,
ruins
Date. 1927 (all but
2), 1922, 1950
Significance. Architecture
Inventory. Lemley’s
Automotive, Bell Telephone, World Karate, Blocton Masonic Lodge, DOE Israel
Store, Callahan Taxidermist, Cahaba Lily Center, IRA Grocery, West Blocton
Savings Bank, Wood’s Café, Ben Jenette Pool Room, Pope Dry Cleaners/City Hall,
Smith Hardware, Riley’s Café, Hardware Store/Blue Front Grocery, Mildred’s
Flower Shop, The Wash Tub Laundromat, Allen Furniture & Undertaking/Old
Yellow Front Grocery, Jack’s Discount Pharmacy, Gillespie Furniture Store, John
Kren Grocery, City Hall/Fire Station/Rice’s Grocery & Meat Market, Lawley’s
Beauty Shop, vacant, Fire Station (ruins), Prudice’s Beauty Parlor, Southern
Bell Telephone Exchange/Doctor’s Office, Murphy’s Drug Store, Bully’s Barber
Shop, West Blocton Theatre/Strand Theatre, Ben Edmonds Cleaners & Tailor, Brown
Frederick Chevrolet Dealership
Name. Woodstock United
Methodist Church
AKA. Methodist Episcopal
Church South
Location. Corner of
Strickland Drive, on hill S of Woodstock PO, Bibb Co
Access. Public
Condition. Excellent
Surrounding. Scattered
Significance. Events-local,
state, architecture
Style. Country Gothic
Date. 1893
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