Exploring Montgomery

The storytelling continues… a collection of stories and photos from Exploring Montgomery!

huntingdon

Built in the heady days when Cloverdale was its very own town, but soon to be incorporated into Montgomery. But when that came to pass, Montgomery had two white high schools, so there was this football game to decide which school would get to keep its name. Poor Cloverdale High […]

Cloverdale Highschool

January 29, 2018 in Education tagged cloverdale / highschool / huntingdon

Huntingdon Hut — This is The Hut at Huntingdon College, built by the YWCA in 1922, as the campus social center. Back in those days the YW was far and away the strongest student organization on campus. That group conceived the idea for the building and raised the money. The structure cost about $11,000, […]

Huntingdon’s Hut

April 14, 2017 in Education tagged huntingdon / hut / ywca

Trimble Hall — If you have never seen a redheaded stepchild, this just might be your chance. This poor, off color, neglected building sits on the back side of the Huntingdon campus, behind the boiler house. It faces Woodley Road without so much as a paved driveway to mark its existence. It is […]

Huntingdon Trimble Hall

October 17, 2016 in Commercial / Education tagged hall / huntingdon / trimble

Flowers Hall — was constructed in 1910 in English Tudor Gothic style, following the lead of prominent East coast colleges. It was the first building on the new 55-acre campus of the Women’s College of Alabama, and for many years it was the only building. During those early years Flowers housed classrooms, the […]

Huntingdon Flowers Hall

May 27, 2016 in Education tagged flowers / huntingdon