Sturdivant Hall, Selma

Name: Sturdivant Hall
Address: 713 Mabry St, Selma, 36701-5521, United States
Telephone: +1 334-872-5626

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Sturdivant Hall, also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman Home, is a historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum in Selma, Alabama, United States. Completed in 1856, it was designed by Thomas Helm Lee for Colonel Edward T. Watts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 1973, due to its architectural significance. Edward Vason Jones, known for his architectural work on the interiors at the White House during the 1960s and 70s, called it one of the finest Greek Revival antebellum mansions in the Southeast. ()

Built: 1852 (172 years ago)Coordinates: 32°24'47"N, 87°1'44"W

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713 Mabry StSelma 36701-5521 United States

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+1 334-872-5626

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Sturdivant Hall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Edmund Pettus Bridge, National Voting Rights Museum, Old Live Oak Cemetery.

0.6 miS
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Selma
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0.8 miSE
Famous landmark in civil rights history
Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma
22 min walk • The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.
1 miSE
Museum, History museum
National Voting Rights Museum, Selma
26 min walk • The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the events leading up to...
0.6 miSW
Cemetery
Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma
16 min walk • Old Live Oak Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Selma, Alabama that was founded in 1829 and expanded in 1877. The newer portion is sometimes called New Live Oak Cemetery and the cemetery is collectively known as Live Oak Cemetery.
0.5 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma
14 min walk • St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic red brick Gothic Revival church located at 210 Lauderdale Street in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States.
0.6 miE
Church
First Baptist Church, Selma
17 min walk • First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in Selma, Alabama. A historically African American Baptist church, it was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1894 and known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement.
0.7 miE
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, Selma
19 min walk • Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Selma, Alabama, United States.
1.3 miNE
32°25'51"N • 87°1'9"W
Junebugg's Flea & Antique Mall, Selma
35 min walk • Antiques, Shopping, Shopping centre
0.9 miE
32°24'31"N • 87°0'50"W
Old Depot Museum, Selma
24 min walk • Museum, History museum
0.8 miSE
32°24'28"N • 87°0'57"W
Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum, Selma
22 min walk • Museum
~1480 ftSE
Neighbourhood
Old Town Historic District, Selma
8 min walk • The Old Town Historic District is a 323-acre historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. It is bounded by U.S. Route 80, Broad and Franklin streets, and Dallas and Selma avenues. The boundaries were increased on December 15, 2003.

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Nearby attractions include John Tyler Morgan House, Selma (3 min walk), Icehouse Historic District, Selma (6 min walk), Old Town Historic District, Selma (8 min walk), Wesley Plattenburg House, Selma (11 min walk).