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Old Cahawba Park near Selma, AL (site of Alabama’s First Capital)
Located in Dallas County southwest of Selma where the Cahaba River flows into the Alabama River, the town initially known as Cahawba served as the state’s first capital from 1820 until 1825. When the...
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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at the Old Cahawba Archaeological Park (built 1854)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic church, built in 1854 at Cahaba (also spelled Cahawba), which was the location of Alabama’s first state capital. The builder closely followed...
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Grave of John A Bell in the “New” Cemetery at the Old Cahawba Park near...
On May 23rd, 1856, there was a shootout on the main street in Cahawba, with J. R. Bell and his two sons against Will E. Bird, Mathew Troy and Thomas Hunter (members of an extended family). Most of the...
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Perine Well at the Old Cahawba Park near Selma, AL
Cahawba, also spelled Cahaba, was Alabama’s first state capital (1820-1826). It became a ghost town shortly after the Civil War. Today, the old Cahawba site is an interpretative park that’s operated...
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Fambro-Arthur House at Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County, AL (built ca. 1841)
This house gets its name from two of the owners. One was a judge, and the other was a former slave. Judge W. W. Fambro built this house in the early 1840s. He may have constructed the house using two...
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Barker’s Slave Quarters at Old Cahawba Park in Dallas County, AL (built 1860,...
This is a 2-story brick slave quarters that was built by Stephen Barker in 1860 behind his large brick mansion. The building originally had no columns. After the Civil War, Confederate veteran, Samuel...
View ArticleCrocheron Columns at Old Cahawba
Cahawba (also spelled Cahaba) was the first state capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1826. This site is now the Old Cahawba Park. The brick columns that are shown are all that remain of the Crochman...
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