Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Walker County was established on December 26, 1823, and formed from sections of Marion and Tuscaloosa counties. [1] It was named after Senator John Walker, who represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822. [1] The county was greatly reduced in size on February 12, 1850, when its northern half became the county of Winston.
Location of Walker County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Walker County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Walker County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The Jasper Downtown Historic District comprises 400 acres (160 ha) of Jasper, Alabama, centered on the county courthouse. Most of the buildings in the district are commercial, with other uses including the Masonic Temple, the post office and city hall, several houses and a number of warehouses. Most of the buildings were built in the 1920s ...
A member of the Democratic party, Bankhead (1874-1940) represented Alabama in the United States House of Representatives, alternately in the 7th and 10th Congressional districts, March 4, 1917 – September 15, 1940. He was elected to be the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 1936, serving in that position for the ...
The Bankhead House, also known as Sunset and the John Hollis Bankhead House, is a historic mansion in Jasper, Walker County, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973. [1] [2]
Boshell's Mill is the historic site of a gristmill and sawmill on Lost Creek near Townley in rural Walker County, Alabama. The 4-acre (1.6 ha) site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1] It was recorded by the Historic American Engineering Record as part of the Birmingham District in 1992. [3]
The First United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist Church in Jasper, Walker County, Alabama. The congregation dates back to the 1830s. This building is their fifth, built from 1912–21. Architectural scholars consider this to be one of the best of its type in the state. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on ...
Jasper is a city in and the county seat of [2] Walker County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 14,352 as of the 2010 census. [ 3 ] Named in honor of Sergeant William Jasper , an American Revolutionary War hero, Jasper was settled around 1815 and incorporated on August 18, 1886.