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The Huntsville Depot saw its last regularly scheduled passenger train, Southern Railway's The Tennessean, on March 30, 1968. The Depot served for at time as a museum, part of the Early Works Museum. In October 2024, museum officials said they were no longer involved with operations and the property had been returned to the control of the City ...
Officially incorporated in 1811, Huntsville became Alabama’s first town. It played a key role in the state’s early development, achieving territory status in 1817 and statehood in 1819. From 1810 to 1860, several cotton mills emerged in Madison County near Huntsville, leveraging the region’s abundant cotton resources.
The Old Town Historic District was the second historic district in Huntsville, Alabama.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1978. Roughly bounded by Dement and Lincoln Sts., and Randolph and Walker Avenues, it features homes in a variety of styles including Victorian, Federal, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, American Craftsman, and even Prairie School with homes ...
The Constitution Hall Park is a historical open-air museum in Huntsville, Alabama, that reenacts life in 1819. The eight buildings include a law office, print shop, land surveyor's office, post office, cabinetmaker's shop and residence. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on October 31, 1975. [1]
Dallas Mill was a manufacturer of cotton sheeting in Huntsville, Alabama, United States.The first of four major textile mills in Huntsville, the mill operated from 1891 until 1949, before it was converted for use as a warehouse in 1955 and burned in 1991.
Thomas Fearn (November 15, 1789 – January 16, 1863) was an American physician, businessman, and politician who played a significant role in the early development of Huntsville, Alabama. He served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States in 1861.
1811 - Twickenham renamed "Huntsville". [1] 1812 - Green Academy established. [1] 1817 Town becomes part of U.S. Alabama Territory. Huntsville Republican newspaper in publication. [2] 1818 - Huntsville social library active. [3] 1819 Alabama Territory constitutional convention held in Huntsville. [4] Town becomes part of new U.S. state of Alabama.
Maria Howard Weeden (July 6, 1846 – April 12, 1905), who signed her work and published as Howard Weeden, was an American artist and poet based in Huntsville, Alabama. After the American Civil War, she began to sell works she painted, which included portraits of many African-American freedmen and freedwomen.