Montgomery’s most well known landmark. Sorry this is an old picture. The immodest nymph on top is supposed to be Hebe, Greek Goddess of Youth, raising her cup to welcome visitors. The fountain was erected in 1885, and the iron work was cast by Mott Iron Works of New York. Beyond the fountain is the famous Winter Building.
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- A photo from 1953.
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- Another view from of the fountain from the ’50s.
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- A 1919 view of the fountain after being decorated for the World War I victory parade for the 167th Infantry regiment.
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- This is a 1901 photograph of Alfred Moses’ six-story skyscraper, the tallest building in Alabama when it was built in 1887. It is standing on the corner occupied today by Regions Bank.
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- 1950-Klein’s Jewelers with its clock is visible on the left, and the Winter Building, with the Buffalo Rock sign hung on it, can be seen on the right. That’s how it looked when I moved to the Capitol City a year later. Downtown was a swinging place back then, but its days were numbered. In those years, Downtown boasted all the department stores, all the hotels, virtually all the movie houses, most of the restaurants, and all of the auto dealerships. And there was a parade up Dexter almost every week.
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- This old postcard view, circa 1910, was taken when streetcars were primary transportation, the Winter Building still had its plank verandas, and carriages were more common than cars. My wife’s Great Uncle Parker’s furniture/hardware store is visible on Court Street. The view well illustrates the juncture of New Philadelphia (beyond) and East Alabama Town (foreground).
-Charles Humphries
Photos courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History.
I remember a theater building near the old Winter building …would have been in the 1940’s…could that be correct?