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Emory School at Cedarville, AL (ca. 1915, a historic Rosenwald School)
Emory School, also known as the Tunstall School, is a historic Rosenwald School building located in rural Hale County, AL about midway between Greensboro and Gallion. It was built ca. 1915 under the...
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Greensboro Hotel Building at Greensboro, AL (built early 1830s, listed on the...
Once an elegant downtown hotel, the Greensboro Hotel remains a local landmark. Impressive brickwork is its most significant feature. Brick-arched doors and windows stand out prominently. The hotel...
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Greensboro Presbyterian Church at Greensboro, AL (built 1859, listed on the...
Presbyterians were among the earliest settlers of Greensboro, AL. In 1823, the first Presbyterian church was organized in Greensboro by Rev. James Hillhouse of South Carolina with Patrick Norris and...
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Drake Northrup House at Greensboro, AL (ca. 1850)
Dr. Gaston Drake, a planter and local physician, purchased this property in 1849 and had a house built on it. The house was destroyed by fire before the Drake family could move into it. There was...
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Battersea at Gallion, AL (ca. 1820, listed on the NRHP)
Battersea is a historic plantation house located in south Hale County at Gallion. It was built around 1820 as a two-by-two log cabin. By the 1840s, two additional rooms were constructed at the back...
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Akron Presbyterian Church at Akron, AL (completed 1922)
The Akron Presbyterian Church was organized on July 6, 1919. The meeting was at the Akron Methodist Church which is where the Presbyterians met until their first church as built. In 1920, the...
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Akron Boys & Girls Club Complex at Akron, AL (a Rural Studio Project)
Most of Akron’s adults commute to Tuscaloosa or Greensboro for work which leaves the children to entertain and look after themselves for an extended period of time every day. Auburn University’s Rural...
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Greensboro Opera House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1903, listed on the NRHP)
The Greensboro Opera House was built in 1903 on the site of an earlier opera house. The original, built in the 1890′s, had burned the preceding year. Although it was grand in design for a small town...
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Gayle-Tunstall House at Greensboro, AL (built 1828-1829, listed on the NRHP)
There may be no home in the Black Belt with more history attached to it than this one. It was built in 1828 – 1829 by John Gayle, a South Carolina native. Prior to moving to Greensboro, Gayle lived in...
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Duggar-Osborn House at Greensboro, AL (built ca. 1890, listed on the NRHP).
This is a charming one-story Victorian cottage with Eastlake details that’s located on Greensboro’s Main Street. This house was built around 1890. Features of the house include articulated gable bays,...
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Cade-Hillier House at Greensboro, AL (built 1900, listed om the NRHP)
This beautiful two-story, home was built circa 1900. Features of the house include a complex roof line, corner tower with conical roof, central double leaf entrance, a wraparound porch with Eastlake...
View ArticleDrake House at Greensboro, AL (built before 1854)
The exact age of this house is not known, but it dates back well into the antebellum period. One of the owners of this home was a Mr. Chadwick who died of yellow fever in 1854, at the age of 39. It’s...
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