Exploring Montgomery

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romanesque

Dexter Avenue Methodist — This grand old church, now an outpost of River City Church, was completed in 1900, when it had a bell chamber and steeple on its street corner tower. A lightening strike did away with that, leaving the Romanesque building with an incomplete feeling. My partner, WMP, attended there, and […]

Dexter Avenue Methodist Church

May 2, 2016 in Religious tagged dexter / methodist / river city / romanesque

Union Station — Montgomery’s magnificent railroad depot, backs up to the river and is located at 300 Water Street. It is on the National List of Historic Places. (Pictures from Registry) By 1885 Montgomery had become a major rail juncture; by 1895 it was served by a dozen railroads, and 44 passenger trains […]

The Union Station and Train Shed

April 18, 2016 in Commercial tagged romanesque / station / train / union

Highland Avenue — Built in 1903, somewhat Romanesque in style. Still a school after 100-plus years. It fronts on a wide boulevard which originally had street car tracks in its median. The tracks were laid about 1890 when Montgomery’s streetcar system was electrified –the first in the world. My wife’s great grandfather, Robert […]

Highland Avenue School

March 16, 2016 in Education tagged highland / romanesque / school

Kahl Montgomery — …meaning Jewish Congregation of Montgomery, was chartered in 1852. The Kahl completed this Romanesque Revival structure on Catoma Street in 1862, even as the Civil War raged, using the design of a Philadelphia architect. The Lehman brothers, who had started a most successful store and cotton exchange in Montgomery, worshiped […]

Kahl Montgomery

March 15, 2016 in Religious tagged catoma / jewish / kahl / romanesque

St Judes — …at 2048 West Fairview was constructed in 1937 as the first step in Father Harold Percell’s dream to come South and erect “a city dedicated to the religious, charitable, educational, and industrial advancement of the Negro people”. Percell had architectural talent, and he felt that red brick Romanesque was the […]

St. Jude’s Roman Catholic Church

February 22, 2016 in Religious tagged catholic / jude / roman / romanesque / saint