J. L. Evans Building

This building has been continuously used as a tavern since it was built by James L. Evans in 1889. It was strategically located on this corner to service railroad passengers with food and drink downstairs and boarding upstairs.

Marker is at ...

Lacy Block

Constructed in 1888 by Albert H. Lacy, this building appears to be 4 stories, but the blind windows mask a decked roof. The tenants have included a hardware store for over 100 years and the Knights of Pythias for over ...

Catfish Creek Baptist Church

This Baptist Church, constituted in 1802, has ordained eleven ministers, provided a missionary to Brazil, and has assisted in establishing a number of other churches. The present house of worship, dedicated in 1883 with portico added in 1970, is on ...

Salem (Black River) Presbyterian Church

(Front text)

This house of worship, commonly called Brick Church, was founded by Scotch-Irish settlers in 1759 on land given by Capt. David Anderson. Original log meeting-house was replaced by frame building and named Salem Presbyterian Church (1768). The first ...

Ecor Bienville

1702-1743

This tablet commemorates the engagement between

Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville,

Governor of the Province,

and

The Alibamo Indians.

In 1714 Bienville made a friendly visit to this section.

Marker is at the intersection of Water Avenue and Lauderdale Street, on the ...

Asbury F. Lever

(1875–1940)

Asbury Francis Lever served in Congress, 1901–1919. On May 8, 1914, the Smith-Lever Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Lever, was signed into law, providing for cooperative agricultural extension services to be administered by land-grant colleges. Clemson, ...

Zebulon Baird Vance

In Loving Memory

Zebulon Baird Yance

Friend, Patriot, Philanthropist, Scholar, Orator, Statesman

Loyal friend to the Jewish people whom he honored in his classic lecture

"The scattered nation"

Born near Asheville N.C. May 18, 1836

Elected Governor of North Carolina

1862 - 1864 - 1876

Senator from North ...

First Blendon Presbyterian Church

On this site in 1829 the Presbyterians of Blendon Township built their first church. The land was donated by Timothy Lee for “church and burial” purposes. The Reverend Ebenezer Washburn, buried here, was the first minister. The church was destroyed ...

Wells Fargo & Co. Express and Banking Office

Erected 1855

Dedicated to the pioneers

of California by the

Kit Carson Mountain Men

of Jackson, Amador County

June 18, 1949

An estimated $100,000,000 in

gold was handled

by this office.

Plaque provided by

Wells Fargo Bank

&

Union Trust ...

Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building

Central Masonic Institute of Alabama acquired property 1847 and erected building. Confederate Hospital during War Between the States. Dallas County Courthouse (1866-1901) on removal of County Seat from Cahaba. Presbyterian High School for Boys in early 1900’s. Acquired by Vaughan ...