Abbott Baptist Church

Organized in 1876 as the Liberty Grove Baptist Church by 13 founding members, this congregation met in the Liberty Grove Schoolhouse 2 miles south of here. Renamed the Abbott Baptist Church in 1879, the church moved to Abbott in 1885. ...

Little Texas Tabernacle and Campground

The "Little Texas" Methodist Tabernacle and Campground site of Camp meetings since the 1850's. The Tabernacle-a place of worship-was built by black and white settlers of the area.

The original structure was made of hand-hewn timbers, wooden pegs, handsplit shingles ...

YMCA of Corsicana

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Corsicana was organized in 1884 and was one of only two YMCAs in the state at that time. E. W. (Wiley) Johnson served as first president of the organization that met in a ...

Fairbanks Home

Built in 1885 by George Rainsford Fairbanks, lawyer, historian, and editor. Born in 1820 at Watertown, New York, Fairbanks moved to Florida in 1842 and became a major in the Confederate Army.

He edited the Fernandina Florida Mirror, presided over ...

Meridian

Formerly Sowashee, it was

chartered 1860, and throve

as rail junction during the

Civil War, serving in 1863

as temporary capital and as

depository of the state's

official records.

Marker is on Front Street near 18th Avenue, on the right when ...

Urban Center Historic District

Encompasses a 13 ~ block area

comprised of over 100

significant structures.

Meridian was state's largest

urban area at the turn

of the 20th century.

Listed in the National Register

of Historic Places.

Marker is on 25th Avenue near 6th Street, ...

Whipple Iron Truss Bridge

Gift of the Citizens of Montgomery County

Originally built by Squire Whipple across the Enlarged Erie Canal at Sprakers in 1869

This type of bridge was adopted by the Canal Commissioners in the 1850s as the standard iron bridge to cross the ...

The Shiloh Baptist Church

The Shiloh Baptist Church was constituted on March 27, 1852. Shortly thereafter, a house of worship was erected on what is now the present church site. The earliest marked grave in the church cemetery bears the date of 1854. A ...

Amity Reformed Church

Founded in 1802

Present Building

Erected in 1888

Marker is on Riverview Road, on the right when traveling west.

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1905 Courthouse Annex

Washington at Church Street

Built in 1905

Listed in the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker can be reached from the intersection of North Jackson Avenue and West Mill Street.

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