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The Clayton post office was established in September 1835 with John F. Keener as postmaster. Clayton, with a population of 200, was incorporated on December 21, 1841, by the Alabama Legislature. Its first mayor, after incorporation, was John Jackson. Clayton has a rich heritage with four properties listed on the National Register of Historic ...
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The Petty–Roberts–Beatty House, also known as the Octagon House, is an historic octagonal house in Clayton, Alabama, United States. The structure was one of only two antebellum octagonal houses built in Alabama and is the only one to survive. This unusual house was built by Benjamin Franklin Petty starting in 1859 and completed in 1861.
Alabama Coat of Arms (1923) and the State Seal include the Confederate Battle Flag. Alabama State Flag (1895) The Alabama Department of Archives and History found in 1915 that the flag was meant to "preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive features of the Confederate battle flag, particularly the St. Andrew's cross."
Built from 1836 to 1838, it was originally a three-story structure, later reduced to two stories with a clock tower. Additions were made in 1882 and 1905. It suffered extensive fire damage in 1925 and was redesigned, utilizing some of the original architectural elements. [3] Part of the Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District (NRHP). [1]
The family of an Alabama inmate who was found dead in his bed filed a federal lawsuit alleging that his heart had been removed before the facility returned the body to them.
A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced ...
Woodlawn City Hall: June 30, 1988 : 5525 1st Ave., N. Woodlawn: Beaux Arts-style combination city hall, fire department, library of short-lived city of Woodlawn, Alabama. 141: Woodlawn Commercial Historic District: January 25, 1991