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White House Hotel | Photo © 2026 abandonedalabama.com

The White House Hotel

Evergreen’s History as a Winter Resort The White House Hotel is a wood-frame two-story building located in Evergreen, Alabama, and remains one of the last remnants of Evergreen’s past as a...

Southern Normal School | Photo © 2026 abandonedalabama.com

Southern Normal School

Sign at the entrance of the Southern Normal School in Brewton, Ala. 1968. Alabama Department of Archives and History The Life and Career of Professor James Dooley Established in 1911, the Southern...

Glen Addie Fire Hall | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Glen Addie Fire Hall

History of the Glen Addie Fire Hall The Glen Addie Volunteer Hose Company Fire Hall holds historical significance as Anniston’s first fire station and its direct link to Glen Addie, a white working...

Byrd School | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Byrd School

History of the Byrd School The Byrd School is a former school located on Lapsey Street in what is known as the Old Town historic district of Selma, Alabama. It opened in 1919 and was designed by the...

Snow Hill Institute | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Snow Hill Institute

History of the Snow Hill Institute Snow Hill Institute, also known as the Colored Literary and Industrial School, was founded in 1893 by Dr. William James Edwards, the son of formerly enslaved...

Selma Baptist Hospital | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Alabama Baptist Hospital

History of the Alabama Baptist Hospital The Alabama Baptist Hospital, located in the historic Riverview neighborhood of Selma, Alabama, was built in 1922 under the direction of architect Frank...

Pioneer Village | Photo © 2022, www.abandonedalabama.com

Pioneer Village

The Old Pioneer Village and Flea Market The old Pioneer Village north of Troy, Alabama, opened sometime in the early to mid-1980s and was owned by James Ralph Johnson. Johnson was born in Elba...

Noble Street School | Photo © 2025 abandonedalabama.com

Noble Street School

Founding of Anniston, Alabama After the Civil War and the return of peace, many southern cities pursued industrial development to modernize their economies. The Noble Brothers Iron Works in Rome...

Gadsen Cinema | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

Gadsden Cinema

History of the Gadsden Cinema The Gadsden Cinema opened on Thursday, April 30, 1970, under the management of Gadsden Theatres, Inc. The facility featured 863 rocking chair seats and was located...

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Dunbar High School

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, originally Bessemer Colored High School, was a public school for African-American students that operated in Bessemer, Alabama, from...

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Judge William Varner House

William Varner, Planter and Architect William Verner was born May 9, 1793, in Decatur County, Georgia, the son of Irish and Scottish immigrants George Varner and Elizabeth Donaldson. After his wife...

Sweet Home | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

Sweet Home

The Sweet Family Sweet Home, also called the Sweet House, is the former home of Henry Wilson Sweet Sr., Bessemer’s first undertaker and a furniture dealer. He was born on September 19, 1866...

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