Central Alabama's premiere historic preservation non-profit organization that operates Old Alabama Town to 4 p.m. (Last ticket sold at 3 p.m.)
History lives at Old Alabama Town, where six blocks of authentically restored 19th and early 20th century structures beckon you to step back in time to the days of one-room schoolhouses, grist mills and cotton gins—all without leaving the heart of downtown Montgomery. Location:
301 Columbus Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Open for Tours:
Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. Contact:
334-240-4500 or 1-888-240-1850
Rescued Relics
A salvage warehouse of available pre-used architectural elements & materials from a variety of building styles & time periods. Operated by Landmarks Foundation at Old Alabama Town
423 Madison Avenue, Montgomery, Al 36104
334-240-4512
Open Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 to 12.
Operating as usual
Happy Friday! Here is our weekly fundraising update! If each of our followers on social media donated just FIVE DOLLARS, we would exceed our year-end goal TODAY! For less than the price of most of our coffee orders you can help ensure the future of the Landmarks Foundation. Help us help Montgomery by clicking the link below!
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Thompson House, 401 Madison Avenue
Judge Thomas S. Tate acquired the Thompson House, built in Tuskegee about 1850, and resided there until after the Civil War when it briefly became a hotel. The Thompson family purchased it around 1880 and lavishly entertained President William McKinley there when he spoke at Tuskegee Institute in 1898.
During the 1930s, the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) documented the house with drawings and photographs for inclusion in the monumental study of America’s architectural heritage. Thompson family members lived there until the 1970s.
In 1982, Hayes Gilliam of Bowdoin, Georgia, purchased the house, meticulously documented and dismantled it, and stored it for future restoration. Gilliam eventually offered it to Landmarks who relocated the house pieces to Old Alabama Town. In September of 1988, reconstruction began on “the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle.”
The symmetrical Greek Revival house features elegant Corinthian columns and a balcony with intricate cast iron railing. Ventilator covers and arcaded side porches are characteristic of the Italianate style that was popular in Alabama’s Black Belt. Ornate plaster work and a cantilevered staircase combine with decorative finishes to showcase the interior. The HABS records from the 1930s proved a tremendous help in the restoration process. Today, the Thompson House is leased as commercial property and acts as the gateway to Old Alabama Town.
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Restocking this customer FAVORITE: BANANA RUM BUTTER- will be available at Wolf & Mercantile next week and at Old Alabama Town/LMF Christmas Open house this Saturday 10-3. Leave comment below to order
The Federation of Garden Clubs has been hard at work making Old Alabama Town festive for the holiday season! They have done a wonderful job and we are grateful for their efforts and creativity.
Come out this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for our Christmas Open House and see all the beautiful decor in person!
⭐️Admission for the Open House is FREE!⭐️
Thank you for your generosity to the Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery over the past year. We encourage you to continue that support by donating today.
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We invite you to Holt Street Baptist Church on Monday, December 5, 2022, for the 67th Anniversary Mass Meeting: Understanding the Roles of Churches in Changing Communities.
On the first Monday in December 1955, a mass meeting was held to announce the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. May we honor the brave foot soldiers who fought for the freedom of all people. This event is free and features speaker Rev. Dr. Kevin R. Johnson. For more information, please visit www.mgmbusboycott.com.
Check out some of the books and coloring books we have available in the Old Alabama Town Gift Shop! Don't forget to come see us a week from today at Lucas Tavern and get some holiday shopping done while you enjoy the music, food, and fun!
Happy Friday! Here at the Landmarks Foundation, we’re hard at work on our end-of-year fundraising campaign and we need your help to reach our goal. Please visit the link in our bio/about to donate now!
Join us tomorrow! Rescued Relics will be open from 10:00 until 12:00 and Old Alabama Town will be open for touring 10:00 until 3:00 at Lucas Tavern, 310 North Hull Street.
New merchandise from the Old Alabama Town Gift Shop will be on display during our Christmas Open House! Have some fun and get some holiday shopping done at the same time!
Old Alabama Town invites you to the Christmas Open House at Old Alabama Town on Saturday, December 10, 2022! Enter through Lucas Tavern on the corner of North Hull and Jefferson Streets.
⭐️ Admission is FREE!
⭐️ The fun begins at 10:00 a.m.
⭐️ There will be music, vendors, food, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus!
THROWBACK THURSDAYS!
Lucas Tavern, built around 1818 on the Federal Road at Line Creek, is the oldest surviving building in Montgomery County. Taverns such as this were located every 15 miles and provided food, drink, shelter, and information to travelers traveling to the Alabama Territory.
Walter and Eliza Lucas acquired the Tavern around 1820. On April 25, 1825, the Marquis de La Fayette, the French hero of the Revolutionary War, spent the night at Lucas Tavern before arriving in Montgomery the next day for festivities.
Lucas Tavern was originally a two-room dogtrot with an open hallway. Later, two more shed rooms were added, and the dogtrot was enclosed. Much of the interior of Lucas Tavern is still original. Lucas Tavern was relocated to Old Alabama Town in 1978, restored, and opened in 1980 as the entrance to the Living Block.
Visit Lucas Tavern at 310 North Hull, Thursday-Saturday, 10:00-3:00.
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Thank you to everyone who gave yesterday, Giving Tuesday. Because of you, we reached our goal for the day of $10,000. We still have a ways to go and if you have not had a chance to support Landmarks, please take this opportunity! Thank you so much, your gifts keep us going!
Thank you all for your generosity and giving spirits! We reached our goal of $10,000. Help us make even more progress towards our end-of-year goal by donating now!
We are off to a great start on this .
Get your donation in now at: https://landmarksfoundation.networkforgood.com/projects/174182-the-2022-loeb-memorial-end-of-year-giving-campaign
Tomorrow is , a day set aside once a year for supporters to donate to nonprofits whose good work makes a difference in the communities they serve.
Please remember the Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery in your giving on Tuesday and your year-end donations.
Every dollar helps us achieve our mission to preserve, interpret, and present Central Alabama's architecture, history, and culture. We are proud of what we accomplished in 2022. Our members, partners, volunteers, and supporters made it happen!
To donate to the Landmarks Foundation and Old Alabama Town, go here: https://bit.ly/givingLandmarks
As always, thank you for your support.
We invite you to celebrate Giving Tuesday on November 29th by supporting the Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery.
Giving Tuesday’s global network collaborates year-round to inspire generosity as a part of everyday life. We rely on our Preservation Partners at Old Alabama Town and encourage our community to support organizations and programs in the River Region.
Continue your support for Landmarks by clicking the link!
Help us take advantage of the momentum we've built and push us to new heights by investing in Landmarks incredible future 2022 has been a wonderful year for the Landmarks Foundation. Serious and much needed work has happened in Old Alabama Town, we’ve started new business ventures, continued to ex...
The Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery wishes you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving!
Old Alabama Town will be open Friday 11/25 and Saturday 11/26 from 10 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 3rd and support our local businesses!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 3rd and support our local businesses!
November as National Native American Heritage Month
Paddy Carr
Paddy Carr was the son of an Irish trader and a Creek woman and this bicultural background made him a prominent intermediary between Creeks and Americans. He was only nineteen when he accompanied the Creek chiefs to Washington serving as their interpreter. James Barbour, Secretary of War, believed him to have “a quick perception of the human character, which enabled him to manage and control the Indians with more success than many who were his seniors….” He often added clarity and enthusiasm in his interpretations.
While in Washington, the Creeks were hosted by Thomas McKenney, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He had famous portrait artist Charles Bird King create an image of each of the visiting Creeks dignitaries, including young Paddy Carr, in their tribal finery. Eventually, lithographs were made from each portrait and widely distributed. McKenney regarded Paddy as a man of “a liberal and generous disposition, hospitable to strangers and kind to the poor.”
Soon after Paddy Car returned from Washington, he married and accumulated considerable land, with large herds of horses and cattle and seventy to eighty slaves. During the removal era, he was member of the Columbus Land Company and a noted speculator in Creek lands, using his talents to further his own economic interests. He and his family left Alabama for the Indian Territory in 1847.
Today is the day! Come see us at Old Alabama Town to shop, hear music, enjoy great food from , and adopt a new friend from the Humane Society of Elmore County.
Enter at Lucas Tavern on 310 North Hull Street. See you there!
The Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery wishes to express our gratitude to the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Thank you for your service.
Old Alabama Town will be open for self-guided tours on Veterans Day from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. We also have guided tours of the Ordeman-Shaw House at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Purchase tickets and begin your tour at Lucas Tavern on 310 North Hull Street. The last ticket is sold at 2:30 pm to allow adequate tour time.
We will have some excellent vendors at Old Alabama Town for Market Day on Saturday, November 12th. Also, enjoy food from food truck!
November as National Native American Heritage Month
William McIntosh
William McIntosh was the son of Captain William McIntosh and Senoya. From his Creek mother, he inherited membership in the Wind clan and, as a leading Creek warrior, he commanded the “law menders” or warriors delegated to carry out commands of the National Council. During the Creek War, he led a regiment of Creeks fighting with Andrew Jackson against the Red Sticks at Horseshoe Bend. McIntosh is largely remembered for negotiating the Treaty of Indian Springs, in violation of Creek law, which gave up Creek claims to all land in Georgia. In accordance with Creek law, which forbade cessions of Creek land by unauthorized headmen, McIntosh was executed for treason on April 30, 1825, by law menders dispatched by the Creek National Council to punish the men who had signed the fraudulent treaty.
In 1825, President John Quincy Adams welcomed a delegation of Creek Indians who had been sent to secure peace with the United States and reclaim title to their land which they eventually regained under the 1826 Treaty of Washington.
While in Washington, the Creeks were hosted by Thomas McKenney, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He had famous portrait artist Charles Bird King create an image of each of the visiting Creeks dignitaries in their tribal finery. Eventually, lithographs were made from each portrait and widely distributed. Since McIntosh could not have sat for this portrait it is most likely an image of his half brother Roley McIntosh.
We are delighted to announce that we are teaming up with the Humane Society of Elmore County which will have pets available for adoption this Saturday at Market Day at Old Alabama Town! Come make a new friend and remember that OAT is always pet friendly.
We are excited to share that Baldwin Arts and Academic Magnet School students will perform at Market Day this Saturday featuring strings, keyboards, guitars, and vocalists.
Karren Pell and the Old Alabama Town R***e will be there as well with all your favorites
See you at the Tavern!
We will have some excellent vendors at Old Alabama Town for Market Day on Saturday, November 12th.
• Cam’s Creations
• Fruit and Flora: Baked goods and jams
• Homestead Candles will feature a lot of fall scents
• Lisa Lenox: BottleTree Pottery
• Simply Succulents offers a variety of those lovely plants
• Stacy Vandortrecht will have bee products and fresh honey
• The Old Alabama Gift Shop will have a variety of goods and books
• Tif’s Piggy Pickles
• Treasured Tropical will have plants for sale
• Twisted Roots offers clothing and accessories
• Smith and Mode from Muscle Shoals with clothing and jewelry
Food trucks, music, and more!
Old Alabama Town invites you to the Fall Market Day on Saturday, November 12, 2022.
Admission is free, the vendors are fun, and live performances will add to a fabulous day at Old Alabama Town. The event is all outdoors, so guests can enjoy the fall weather.
The fun begins at 10:00 a.m.. and gates close at 3:00 p.m.
Enter through Lucas Tavern to explore the beautiful historic buildings, check out the vendor’s wares, and hear some great music.
Make plans to join us next Saturday!
Many thanks to Carolyn Hutcheson of IN FOCUS for recording an on-location interview about the Belshaw Clock! Here us today (Thursday, Nov. 3rd), at 12:40 p.m., during the noon news
hour on Troy Public Radio. If you miss us today you can still hear us at www.npr.org; Search for In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson.
November as National Native American Heritage Month
Chief Menawa
Menawa’s name means “The Great Warrior” and he is perhaps the most renowned warrior of the Creek Nation. Of mixed ancestry, he was one of the wealthiest Upper Creeks prior to the Creek War, but lost all his property in that conflict. He led the Okfuskee towns at the Battle of Horsehoe Bend where he was severely wounded. Following the Creek War, Menawa emerged as one of the most respected and powerful men in the Creek Nation. He was selected to lead the Creek “law menders” who were dispatched to execute William McIntosh after his unauthorized signing over of five million acres of Creek land in the Treaty of Indian Springs.
In 1825, President John Quincy Adams welcomed a delegation of Creek Indians, led by Chief Menawa, who had been sent to secure peace with the United States and regain title to their land. The Creeks eventually regained a portion of their land under the Treaty of Washington.
While in Washington, the Creeks were hosted by Thomas McKenney, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He had famous portrait artist Charles Bird King create an image of each of the visiting Creeks dignitaries in their tribal finery. Eventually, lithographs were made of each portrait and widely distributed. Menawa was 60 when he sat for Charles Bird King.
Fall Market Day at Old Alabama Town
November 12 10am - 3pm
Vendors, Food Trucks, and More!
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301 Columbus Street
Montgomery, AL
36104
Temporarily Closed - will reopen soon Holiday Hours: CLOSED ON: Thanksgiving Christmas Eve Christmas Day New Years Eve New Years Day
| Thursday | 10am - 3pm |
| Friday | 10am - 3pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 3pm |
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The Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery has kicked off the James and Joan Loeb Memorial Year End Campaign. The Loeb Family has made another generous donation to Landmarks as a match to your Year End Investment, dollar for dollar! Take advantage of this generous matching opportunity today and invest in another wonderful year for Landmarks! Double Your Investment Today! https://landmarksfoundation.networkforgood.com/projects/143463-the-loeb-memorial-year-end-campaign-2021
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