Places to see at Madison, Alabama

Best Places to visit in Madison, Alabama - Best Things to do in Madison, AL
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Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University 0.71 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (Alabama A&M or AAMU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Normal, Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 1875, it took its present name in 1969. AAMU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Historic District, also known as Normal Hill College Historic District, has 28 buildings and four structures listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places.

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Alabama A&M University 0.75 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (Alabama A&M or AAMU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Normal, Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 1875, it took its present name in 1969. AAMU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Historic District, also known as Normal Hill College Historic District, has 28 buildings and four structures listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places.

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James H. Wilson Hall 0.8 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

James H. Wilson Hall (formerly known as the Councill Domestic Science Building) is a historic building on the campus of Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama. Construction began in 1911, and was completed in 1912.State Black Archives The funds were a gift from the Robert R. McCormick family. It served as the university's home economics building until 1968, when it was partly taken over by the art department until 1970. It was vacant until 1990, when the building was restored and taken over by the State Black Archives Research Center and Museum, which was established in 1987.State Black Archives </ref>

The center portion of the building is three stories, with a gable roof running front-to-back. The main entrance is inside an enclosed lobby of white painted brick which features three windowed arches on the front and arches with glass doors on either side. Above the lobby is a two-story pedimented portico, supported by four Ionic columns, with a third-floor balcony. On either side of the main block, set back from the portico, are 2 four-bay, two-story wings. Windows on the first floor fa\u00e7ade are six-over-six sashes, while the second and third floors are nine-over-nine. The roof is covered in red tile with a decorative finial on the gable ends. The cornice is decorated with small dentils on the wings, and larger ones on the architrave.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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Oaklawn 1.06 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

Oaklawn Plantation may refer to:

  • Oaklawn (Huntsville, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
  • Oaklawn Plantation (Leon County, Florida)
  • Oaklawn Plantation (Natchez, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP
  • Oaklawn Manor (Franklin, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP
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Quietdale 1.21 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

Quietdale (also known as the Mrs. William Robinson House) is a historic residence in Huntsville, Alabama, US. The house was built in 1854 for Caroline Moore Robinson, the widow of Madison County Sheriff William Robinson. It represents a shift in architecture from Neoclassical to the more eclectic forms that became prominent in the late 19th century.

The main block of the house is rectangular, with an ell off the rear and a two-story porch following the ell. The hipped roof is truncated to form a rooftop deck. A two-story, three-room, servants' quarters is connected to the house via the porch. Centered on the fa\u00e7ade is a single-story hipped roof porch supported by six slender, octagonal columns with corbelled arches in the architraves. A similar porch extends along the west side of the house. Five large six-over-six sash windows stretch across the second floor, while the side of the house has two windows centered between two chimneys, with another window outside of them. There were originally two separate staircases which led to the divided second floor, but they were combined and the second floor joined by the second owner, Erskine Mastin.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Withers-Chapman House 1.22 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Withers-Chapman House is a historic residence in Huntsville, Alabama. The house was built by Allen Christian circa 1835 as the center of a farm that would become one of the major dairy suppliers in central North Alabama. After Christian's death in 1849, the house was purchased by Augustine and Mary Withers. Former Governor of Alabama Reuben Chapman acquired the house in 1873, after his previous house nearby had been burned by departing Union soldiers in 1865. The house remained in Chapman's family from 1873 until 1971. The surrounding farmland has been sold off into suburban development, but the house retains a prominent position on a 2-acre (0.8 ha) lot on a hillside.

The 1+1\u20442-story house was built in the Federal style, with Greek Revival details. The house is clad in white clapboard and features a pedimented portico supported by four Tuscan columns over the entry. The portico is flanked by twelve-over-twelve sash windows. On each side of the house, two chimneys project through the end gable. There are two nine-over-nine windows between the chimneys on the main floor and a single twelve-over-twelve window on the upper floor. A central chimney and a shed roofed porch along the rear (connecting the formerly free-standing kitchen to the main house) were added in the 1930s. The interior is laid out with a central hall, with a dining room and parlor to one side and two bedrooms to the other. A stairwell at the end of the hall leads to two bedrooms upstairs. A shed roofed porch along the rear two-thirds of the eastern wall was enclosed in the 1960s to provide space for bathrooms.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Jude-Crutcher House 1.75 7
Architecture, Historic Architecture, Interesting Places, Farms

The Jude\u2013Crutcher House (also known as the George Jude House and the David and Lucy Crutcher House) is a historic plantation house in Huntsville, Alabama. The house was built circa 1812 on land deeded that year to Samuel Echols. Echols sold 54 acres and the house to George Jude, Sr., in 1817. Jude died two years later, leaving the land to his son, George Jr. The younger Jude eventually acquired 800 acres (325 ha) and owned 31 slaves. Upon his death in 1873, the land stayed in the family until 1883. In 1906 David Crutcher, who had been born a slave on an adjacent plantation in 1851, purchased the house and 154 acres (62 ha) along with two other African-American men. The Crutchers operated a successful farm on their portion of the land, which was an extension farm for Alabama A&M University until the 1940s. Only 7% of African-American farmers in Madison County in 1910 owned their own farms. David died in 1924, and his wife, Lucy, died in 1943, although the house and land is still in the family.

The house is a 1+1\u20442-story dogtrot structure, although the central breezeway was enclosed in the mid-20th century. A plain gabled porch was added at the same time, and shelters the modern front door and a pair of two-over-two sash windows. Six-over-six windows of different sizes sit on either side of the porch, and the fa\u00e7ade is clad in clapboards. The metal gable roof has chimneys in each gable end. The interior is of the typical dogtrot layout of two rooms flanking the now-enclosed central hall. A rear shed roofed addition was built to house a bathroom and kitchen.

The house was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1999 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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North Alabama Railroad Museum 1.4 3
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Museums Of Science And Technology, Railway Museums

The North Alabama Railroad Museum, Inc. is a railroad museum in Chase, Alabama. The museum, incorporated in 1966, is an all volunteer organization. The museum has a collection of rolling stock, a small train station, and a small heritage railroad called the Mercury and Chase Railroad which operates between April and December. The mission of the NARM is to \"preserve railroad history in North Alabama and South Central Tennessee.\" It is run entirely by its 100-plus volunteers. The museum is open to the public daily, volunteers are usually available on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Admission to the museum is free, however there is a charge for riding the trains. A schedule of rides is available at the museum's website.

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Chapman Mountain 1.39 2
Mountain Peaks, Geological Formations, Natural, Interesting Places

Chapman may refer to:

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Lakeside Methodist Church 0.26 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Fellowship Presbyterian Church 0.3 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Woody's Drive-In 0.52 1
Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

Will & Woody is a syndicated Australian radio show hosted by Will McMahon and Woody Whitelaw across the KIIS Network and Super Radio Network. The show in its current form first aired on the KIIS Network on 18 January 2018.

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Henry and Nell Lane Bradford Auditorium 0.75 1
Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places, Other Theatres

Statue of William Hooper Councill 0.78 1
Historic, Monuments And Memorials, Interesting Places, Monuments

State Black Archives Research Center and Museum 0.81 1
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Other Museums

Northside Baptist Church 0.91 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First United Pentecostal Church 0.96 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Epworth Methodist Church 1 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Memorial Parkway Church of Christ 1.04 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Normal Cemetery 1.09 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Lakewood Presbyterian Church 1.18 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

231 Drive-In 1.43 1
Architecture, Historic Architecture, Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places, Destroyed Objects

Whitemud Drive is a major east\u2013west freeway in southern Edmonton, Alberta, that stretches from 231\u00a0Street at the western city limit to Anthony Henday Drive just east of Edmonton in Strathcona County. The portion in southeast Edmonton from Anthony Henday Drive to Calgary Trail / Gateway Boulevard is designated as Highway\u00a014, and from there until Anthony Henday Drive in west Edmonton is designated as Highway\u00a02. The portion of Whitemud Drive from 170 Street and 75\u00a0Street forms part of the Edmonton inner ring road.

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Pleasant Springs Baptist Church 1.46 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Huntsville Bible Church 1.5 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Parkway Drive-In 1.53 1
Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

Parkway Drive are an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. Parkway Drive have released seven studio albums, one EP, two DVDs, a split album and one book, titled Ten Years of Parkway Drive. The band's latest three albums have reached number 1 of the Australian ARIA Charts \u2013 Ire (2015), Reverence (2018), and Darker Still (2022).

The band's line-up has been consistent since the addition of bassist Jia O'Connor in 2006, with Brett Versteeg having left in 2004 and Shaun Cash in 2006.

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Oak Park Baptist Church 1.6 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Harris Cemetery 1.61 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Powell Cemetery 1.63 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Union Hill Primitive Baptist Church 1.64 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Union Hill Cemetery 1.64 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Valhalla Memorial Gardens 1.7 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Lakemont Church 1.74 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Alabama A&M Agribition Center 1.79 1
Other, Unclassified Objects, Interesting Places, Tourist Object

Johnson Cemetery 1.83 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Blue Spring Chapel 1.85 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Church of God of Prophecy 1.85 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places