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View of Wisdom Falls in Monte Sano State Park. The photo was taken near the base of the waterfall.
Wisdom Falls is located near what used to be the Monte Sano Hotel but is now in Monte Sano State Park. The Hotel opened in 1887, closed in 1900, and 1944 the Hotel was torn down. The falls can be found along the South Plateau loop, near SE Nolen Avenue. -
View of where Merrimack Manufacturing Company once stood.
Merrimack Mill was a mill that sponsored a number of things and created a booming industry for the town. Later it opened up the Joe S. Bradley school, and the mill was eventually turned into Huntsville park! -
View of the old location of First Baptist Church Huntsville from Clinton Ave W.
The “Gothic Church” of First Baptist Church Huntsville was located here before it was torn down and the congregation moved to the current church building on Governors Dr. It is now a Regions corporate office building that was completed in 1990. -
View of the front of Big Spring
Big Spring, located in the heart of Huntsville, has played an essential role in forming the city we all know and love today. -
View of the fourth courthouse in Madison Alabama
This is a photograph of the fourth courthouse. The photograph is taken right in front of the courthouse on October 8, 2024. This courthouse was built in 1967 and is still up today. -
View of the entrance of the St. Mary's Church of the Visitation on Jefferson St. N.
Entrance to St. Mary's Church of the Visitation, located at 222 Jefferson St. N in Huntsville, was initially founded by Father Jeremiah Trecy in 1861 as a place of worship for the Catholics in Huntsville. It is still running today as the oldest Catholic church in Huntsville. -
View of the Conrad Swanson Observatory from the front
The Conrad Swanson Observatory, located at 100 Observatory Dr SE in Huntsville, is owned and operated by the Von Braun Astronomical Society. The Swanson Observatory was built in 1956 and has had many additions and changes to it. -
View of the Confederate Soldier Monument from within the Confederate soldiers section of Maple Hill Cemetery.
The Confederate Soldier Monument, originally located on the west side of the Madison County courthouse, was moved to Maple Hill Cemetery after Black Lives Matter protests. It was built to commemorate fallen Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. -
View of the Carnegie Library building from Buchanan Way
Carnegie Hall, located at Buchanan Way, funded by Andrew Carnegie, built in 1906, the building has been used as a campus library -
View of the Beirne Home from Williams Ave SE.
The Beirne Home is located at 300 Williams Ave SE Huntsville. It was built by the second Governor of the state of Alabama and is now a private residence owned by the Bentley family. -
View of the Beirne Home from Williams Ave SE.
The Beirne Home is located at 300 Williams Ave SE Huntsville. It was built by the second Governor of the state of Alabama and is now a private residence owned by the Bentley family. -
View of Providence Classical School from Clinton Ave E
Providence Classical School, located at 605 Clinton Ave E. Was originally a school called Huntsville High School, but this school now occupies the land after Huntsville High School moved locations. -
View of Parkway Place Mall from the upper deck.
Parkway Place Mall, found at 2801 Memorial Pkwy SW, Huntsville, AL, is a two-story enclosed mall. The modern building was opened in 2002, but the mall first opened in 1957 as an open-air strip mall named Parkway Shopping Center. This picture shows it from the outside upper parking deck, with one of its roadside signs in the top left. -
View of Morton Hall front entrance.
This photograph shows the main entrance to the older wing of Morton Hall, which was constructed in 1961. It was most recently renovated in the late 2010s and reopened with a new wing in fall 2020. -
View of Moran Hall from the North East
Moran Hall, located at Campus Rd, Huntsville, AL, was built in the 1930's. The building houses faculty offices and classrooms for the Department of History and Political Science and the Department of English and Foreign Languages. -
View of current First Baptist Church Huntsville from Governors Dr SW.
The congregation of First Baptist Church Huntsville moved into this new (and current as of Oct 2024) church building in 1963 but it wasn’t completed until 1966. Since then, renovations and expansions have been made to the church. -
View of Bibb Graves left side
Bibb Graves Hall, located along Buchanan way at A&M University, where the Green Bottom Inn once was. -
The Merrimack Mills
Merrimack Mill was a mill that sponsored a number of things and created a booming industry for the town. Later it opened up the Joe S. Bradley school, and the mill was eventually turned into Huntsville park. -
The Lofts at Dallas Mills, Huntsville AL.
A photo of the Lofts apartment complex at Dallas mills. Occupies the space formerly taken by the Dallas Mill textile factory. -
The Big Spring
Part of the Big Spring Park looking out over a fountain and a water way, with fields and trees in the background.
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St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church in downtown Huntsville.
St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church was built in 1877 and has gradually expanded over the years. The church still stands today and has an associated school. The surrounding area has gone from a relatively empty small town to the bustling downtown Huntsville it is today.
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Photo taken of the Weeden House Museum in the present day at 300 Gates Avenue SE
This is a front three quarters view photograph of the Weeden House Museum and Garden located in Huntsville, Alabama. It was the house of Maria Howard Weeden, a famous artist and poet from the late 1800s. -
North Side Square, 2024
North Side Square, located across from the Huntsville courthouse. This square holds many restaurants and other businesses, acting as a hub for trade in the city. -
Advertisement for Grand Cleaners.
Grand Cleaners, located at 801 Franklin St. SE in Huntsville, was owned and operated by Shelby and Lou Johnson. The Grand Cleaners building opened in 1947 as a state-of-the-art drycleaning facility. Sterling Travel Agency now occupies the building. -
A view of Big Spring Park
Big Spring Park is a Park located at the heart of Huntsville Alabama. Ever since the construction of the park was completed in 1830 it has been a place for all ages to spend their time. -
A photo of Morton Hall from the front taken from the greenspace between Morton Hall and Frank Franz residence hall
Morton Hall is located at 1310 Ben Graves Dr NW, Huntsville. It was the first building built on what would become the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus. This photo was taken after the 2020 remodeling and expansion of Morton Hall -
Cunningham hall.
Cunningham Hall, the college women’s residence on the Oakwood campus, is named in Eugenia I. Cunningham’s honor. Mrs. Eugenia Isabella Cunningham, who served on the staff of Oakwood College and was widely known as Mother Cunningham, died on June 20, 1963, at the Riverside Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.