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Alabama's First Capitols AL84 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jimmy Emerson
On March 3, 1817, Congress designated the town of St. Stephens on the Tombigbee River north of Mobile as capital of the newly formed Alabama Territory. There in 1818, the territorial legislature named Huntsville as the temporary seat of government and Cahawba (near present-day Selma) as the first permanent capitol. The constitutional convention and legislature met in Huntsville and on December 14, 1819, Alabama was admitted into the Union. Meanwhile a suitable building was erected at Cahawba. Cahawba was prone to flooding which resulted in another change of locale in 1826-this time to Tuscaloosa. An elegant statehouse erected there served until 1846 when Montgomery became the capital of the state.
Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce
Historical Preservation and Promotion Foundation
Alabama Historical Association
1995
North Bainbridge at Dexter Avenue Montgomery County Alabama
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