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Mobile Government Plaza

Mobile Government Plaza is a high-rise in the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama. The building is owned by Mobile County Commission and has several tenants including the City of Mobile and local courts Completed in 1994 at a cost of US$73 million, the building rises 325 feet (99 m) and 12 stories at its highest point. The roof of the building is the site of two twin architectural spires that are included in the tower's overall structural height. Government Plaza is tied with the Mobile Marriott as the 4th-tallest building in Mobile and the 10th-tallest in Alabama. It also stands as the tallest government building in the state. Design Government Plaza was designed by Harry Goleman and Mario Bolullo of Houston, in cooperation with Mobile architect Frederick C. Woods. Their design was selected from among 195 entries in a national competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects. The 581,000-square-foot (54,000 m2) facility comprises a 12-story administration tower and a 9-story judicial tower, connected by a massive 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) glass-enclosed atrium. It was the first government structure in the United States to combine county and municipal governments and the court system in one space. Designed to evoke a nautical feel appropriate to Mobile's status as a seaport, the building is an example of postmodernist style architecture. In August 2015, the Mobile County Commission proposed a series of renovations to the building, including improvements to the exterior, auditorium, atrium, and 10th floor. Atrium repairs The atrium roof's initial 1994 design and construction, especially the skylight, led to leaks during heavy rain. A fix was attempted in 2004 but failed. In August 2013, after worsening leaks, a $3.2 million contract was awarded to replace the roof; these repairs made to the atrium – completed in 2014 – made the roof "leak free", according to the Mobile County Commission. However, in December 2016, an architect was hired to fix another series of leaks. Renaming resolution On October 29, 2013, the Mobile City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution renaming the building the Samuel L. Jones Government Plaza in honor of the outgoing mayor. This resolution was passed during the last City Council meeting over which Mayor Sam Jones presided. However, renaming the building required approval from the Mobile County Commission, which never happened. Mobile County government continues to refer to the building as "Mobile Government Plaza" or "Government Plaza." See also List of tallest buildings in Mobile List of tallest buildings in Alabama References External links Media related to the Mobile Government Plaza at Wikimedia Commons
Monterey Place

Monterey Place, best known as the Shepard House, is a historic residence in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The house was designed by architect George Franklin Barber in 1897 for Charles Martin Shepard, the general passenger agent for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in Mobile. Shepard's daughters, Kate and Isabel, began to use the house as a boarding school in 1910. The house features elaborate Queen Anne details, eleven fireplaces, and several stained glass windows. The slightly later neighborhood surrounding the mansion, as well as the street, are also named Monterey Place. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1984. The house was opened as a bed and breakfast inn about 2002. In February 2008, the house and current owners were filmed for an episode of Home & Garden Television's If Walls Could Talk. See also List of George Franklin Barber works References
Montgomery (snagboat)

Montgomery is a steam-powered sternwheel-propelled snagboat built in 1925 by the Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Company of Charleston, South Carolina, and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Montgomery cleared snags and obstructions from the Coosa, Alabama, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint, Black Warrior, and Tombigbee Rivers until her retirement from the Corps of Engineers on November 8, 1982. She was restored in 1984 and again in 2004. One of only two surviving Army Corps of Engineers snagboats (along with W.T. Preston), she was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. Montgomery now operates as a museum ship at the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam Visitor Center in Pickensville, Alabama. Montgomery is built out of steel plates mounted in a steel frame. Her hull is 156 feet (48 m) long, which extends to 178 feet (54 m) with the addition of the sternwheel. She is 34 feet 3 inches (10.44 m) wide, and has a hold depth of 6 feet (1.8 m). She has a scow-shaped bow and a flat bottom with no keel. She is designed to hold machinery anywhere along the hull length, and to withstand the stresses of pulling on snags. Rows of steel I-beams support its superstructure, including the forward-mounted boom, mounted on an A-frame. The frame is designed to support different types of equipment, including bucket dredges as well as the snag boom. The boom is maneuvered by steam-powered winches, and there are steam-powered capstans to assist in stabilize the boat while snagging. The pilot house is set on a deck above the boilers. See also WT Preston List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama References
Montgomery (snagboat)

Le Montgomery est un bateau à roues à aubes à vapeur de type snagboat construit en 1925 par la Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Company de Charleston en Caroline du Sud], et exploité par le Corps du génie de l'armée des États-Unis. Il servait au dégagement des obstacles sur les rivières Coosa, Alabama, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint, Black Warrior et Tombigbee jusqu'à sa retraite du Corps du génie le 8 novembre 1982 Historique Montgomery est construit à partir de plaques d'acier montées dans un cadre en acier. Sa coque mesure 156 pieds (48 m) de long, qui s'étend jusqu'à 178 pieds (54 m) avec l'ajout de la roue arrière. Il mesure 34 pieds 3 pouces (10,44 m) de large et a une profondeur de cale de 6 pieds (1,8 m). Il a un arc en forme de chaland et un fond plat sans quille. Il est conçu pour contenir des machines n'importe où sur toute la longueur de la coque et pour résister aux contraintes de tirage des obstacles. Le châssis est conçu pour supporter différents types d'équipements, y compris les dragues à godets ainsi que la flèche à chicots. La bôme est manœuvrée par des treuils à vapeur, et il y a des cabestans à vapeur pour aider à stabiliser le bateau tout en s'accrochant. La timonerie est située sur un pont au-dessus des chaudières. Préservation Le snagboat a été restauré en 1984 et à nouveau en 2004. Il est l'un des deux seuls survivants de l'Army Corps of Engineers, avec le W.T. Preston. Il a été déclaré monument historique au Registre national des lieux historiques en 1989 sous le n° 83003521. Montgomery fonctionne maintenant comme un navire musée au Tom Bevill Lock and Dam (en) à Pickensville en Alabama Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Montgomery (snagboat) » (voir la liste des auteurs). Voir aussi Articles connexes Liste des National Historic Landmarks de l'Alabama Navires-musées d'Alabama : USS Alabama (BB-60) et USS Drum (SS-228) Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Registre national des lieux historiques Montgomery - Site National Register of historic Places Registration Form Portail du monde maritime Portail de l’Alabama Portail des musées Portail des forces armées des États-Unis Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques
Mount Sterling Methodist Church

Mount Sterling Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church building near the junction of Choctaw County Road 43 and Choctaw County Road 27 in the rural community of Mount Sterling, Alabama, United States. It is an almost unaltered example of the simple, Greek Revival style popular for rural churches in the mid-19th century. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986. History The church was completed in a simple Greek Revival style in 1859, when the community was a prosperous antebellum town. The land for the church was donated by the Catterlin family, early Choctaw County settlers who had established the a post office in Mount Sterling in 1838. The one-story frame building was the first in the county to be built exclusively as a church; an earlier Baptist church was originally built as a Masonic lodge and seminary. It used for church services up until the 1970s, when the dwindling congregation could no longer afford to maintain it. In 1980, the property was donated to the Choctaw County Historical Society. The historical society, at the time having only just under 50 members, spent more than 15 years raising money and restoring the structure for use as a community hall. It is one of only two remaining 19th century churches in the Mount Sterling area, the other being St. John's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Architecture The church is a rectangular structure with a gable roof running the length of the building. It sits on individual brick piers. The exterior is clad in lap board siding painted white. The front façade has two pairs of entry doors under the plain gable-end pediment. Each side has four, nine-over-nine sash windows with shutters, while the rear has two such windows. The square, pyramidal roofed steeple sits near the entrance end of the building, and is clad is lap board with vents in each side. A small addition, with details closely matching the main building, has been built off the southeast side of the church, with a covered walkway connecting it to the main building. The interior consists of one large room that was partitioned on the south end in the 1950s to create two Sunday school rooms. The roof support system is unique to southwest Alabama, and consists of a single truss with vertical tie rods running the length of the building, which is notched to be attached to the ceiling joists and diagonal trusses. This has caused the bottom chord to crack, and wood columns were added underneath the cracked portion. The original lath and plaster walls have been replaced with drywall, but the original heart pine flooring is intact. References
Iglesia Metodista de Mount Sterling

La Iglesia Metodista Mount Sterling es una histórica iglesia metodista ubicada cerca del cruce de Choctaw County Road 43 y Choctaw County Road 27 en la comunidad rural de Mount Sterling, Alabama, Estados Unidos. Es un ejemplo casi inalterado del estilo simple del neogriego popular para las iglesias rurales a mediados del siglo XIX. Fue agregado al Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos el 8 de mayo de 1986.​ Historia La iglesia se completó en un estilo neogriego simple en 1859, cuando la comunidad era una próspera ciudad antes de la guerra. La tierra para la iglesia fue donada por la familia Catterlin, los primeros colonos del condado de Choctaw que habían establecido una oficina de correos en Mount Sterling en 1838. El edificio de un solo piso fue el primero en el condado que se construyó exclusivamente como una iglesia; una iglesia bautista anterior fue construida originalmente como una logia masónica y un seminario. Se utilizó para los servicios de la iglesia hasta la década de 1970, cuando la menguante congregación ya no podía permitirse el lujo de mantenerlo.​ En 1980, la propiedad fue donada a la Sociedad Histórica del Condado de Choctaw. La sociedad histórica, que en ese momento tenía poco menos de 50 miembros, pasó más de 15 años recaudando dinero y restaurando la estructura para usarla como salón comunitario.​ Es una de las dos únicas iglesias restantes del siglo XIX en el área de Mount Sterling, la otra es la Iglesia Episcopal Metodista Cristiana de San Juan.​ Descripción La iglesia es una estructura rectangular con tejado a dos aguas que se extiende a lo largo del edificio. Se asienta sobre pilares de ladrillo individuales. El exterior está revestido con un revestimiento de tablero de regazo pintado de blanco. La fachada delantera tiene dos pares de puertas de entrada en el marco del frontón. Cada lado tiene cuatro ventanas de guillotina de nueve sobre nueve con contraventanas, mientras que la parte trasera tiene dos ventanas. El campanario es cuadrado con un techo a cuatro aguas, se encuentra cerca del extremo de la entrada del edificio, y está revestido con un tablero de regazo con rejillas de ventilación en cada lado. El interior consta de una gran sala que se dividió en el extremo sur en la década de 1950 para crear dos salas de escuela dominical. El sistema de soporte del techo es exclusivo del suroeste de Alabama y consiste en un solo entramado con tirantes verticales que se extienden a lo largo del edificio, que tiene muescas para unirse a las vigas del techo y los entramados diagonales. Esto ha provocado que la cuerda inferior se agriete y se agregaron columnas de madera debajo de la parte agrietada. Las paredes originales de listones y yeso se han reemplazado con paneles de yeso, pero el piso de madera de pino original está intacto.​ Referencias Enlaces externos
Mount Zion AME Zion Church (Montgomery, Alabama)

The Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, also known as the Mount Zion AME Zion Church Memorial Annex, is a historic church in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It is located at 467 Holt Street. It was built in 1899 and extensively remodeled in 1921. In 1955 the Montgomery Improvement Association, who organized the Montgomery bus boycott, was formed in the building. During the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, marchers rested at the church on their way to the Capitol. It is included on the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. The congregation moved to a new location in 1990, and on November 4, 2002, the building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The sides of the building are decorated with murals depicting Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Selma to Montgomery marches. References External links Media related to Mount Zion AME Zion Church at Wikimedia Commons
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge

The Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge is a 9,016-acre (36 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located in northeastern Alabama near the city of Anniston on the former site of Fort McClellan. Its name comes from some of the last remaining montane longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem in the southeastern United States which the refuge protects. Approximately 3,000 acres (12 km2) of the refuge are open to the public during daylight hours. The remaining acreage will open after clean-up of environmental contaminants has been completed. The facility has a small, two-person staff with an annual budget of US$250,000. Plans call for a budget of approximately US$900,000 with a ten-person staff. The Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge also administers the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge and Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge. Topography The Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge is located on the former military training grounds of Fort McClellan. The refuge is located on the Choccolocco mountain range, in the southern portion of Ridge and Valley of the Appalachians. It is a part of the Talladega National Forest. Wildlife and protected species The refuge serves as a home to multiple endangered species, including the red-cockaded woodpecker, the gray bat, plus 21 species of fauna which are considered rare. Plant species warranting special attention include the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), the white fringeless orchid, and 11 species of flora which are considered rare. Facilities The Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge is a relatively new wildlife refuge, and as such has not yet developed any sizable tourist facilities. A single information kiosk for hunters is located at the junction of Bain's Gap Road and Ridge Road South. Additionally, part of the reserve is closed to the general public pending environmental cleanup. Otherwise, there are limited opportunities for hiking, photography, and wildlife observation at the refuge. See also List of National Wildlife Refuges References External links Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge homepage
Historic Avenue Cultural Center

The Historic Avenue Cultural Center is an exhibit and event space in Mobile, Alabama’s Civil Rights and Cultural Heritage District. From the early 1990s to approximately 2015, it served as the National African American Archives and Museum. Formerly known as the Davis Avenue Branch of Mobile Public Library, it was the lone Black library in Mobile County during segregation. History The Davis Avenue Branch of the Mobile Public Library was built in 1931 to serve the needs of the local African American community. The state was racially segregated and Blacks were prohibited from using libraries designated for Whites. The three-room building was designed by architect George Bigelow Rogers and built for $26,000. The building was modeled after the Ben May Main Library but constructed on a much smaller scale. The local African-American community helped collect used books for the library and to raise funds for the acquisition of new books. During this period of Jim Crow, segregation and the disenfranchisement of African Americans in the state from the turn of the century resulted in underfunding of facilities for them by the state and local governments. African Americans also attended separate schools. A minor addition was made to the building in 1961. Following desegregation in the late 1960s after federal civil rights legislation was passed, this branch library became used as a storage repository for government documents. The former library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In 1992 the Mobile City Council leased the building to a community group that founded the National African American Archives and Multicultural Museum. Its exhibits interpreted the history of African Americans in the city and state, and in the United States. The collection included documents, records, photographs, books, African carvings, furniture, and special collections that relate to the African-American experience in the United States, and artifacts representing the numerous contributions African Americans have made to greater Mobile. The National African American Archives and Museum closed around 2015 and the City-owned building was dormant for several years. The building reopened in October 2023 as the Historic Avenue Cultural Center. See also List of museums focused on African Americans References
Nectar Covered Bridge

The Nectar Covered Bridge was a wood and metal combination style covered bridge which spanned the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River in Blount County, Alabama, United States. It was located on Nectar Bridge Road off State Route 160, just east of the town of Nectar, about 14 miles (16 kilometers) northwest of Oneonta. Nectar Covered Bridge was at one time the seventh-longest covered bridge in the country. The bridge remained open to single lane motor traffic from its construction until it was burned by vandals on June 13, 1993. History Built in 1934, the 385-foot (117-meter) bridge was a Town Lattice truss construction over four spans. It was built by a crew led by foreman Zelma C. Tidwell over a wide section of the Locust Fork. It was the third-longest covered bridge built in Blount County. At one time, the Nectar Covered Bridge was the seventh longest covered bridge in the country. The bridge was burned by vandals on June 13, 1993. It was maintained by the Blount County Commission and the Alabama Department of Transportation. The Nectar Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 1981. The bridge was once a community meeting place and a site for large baptism ceremonies. A concrete bridge has since replaced the former covered bridge, but the old stone piers remain across the river south of the current crossing. See also List of Alabama covered bridges References Further reading Prince, A. G. (1981). Alabama's Covered Bridges: Past and Present (Revised ed.). Ensley: Best Printing Service. "01-05-04". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Dale J. Travis. Retrieved December 24, 2013. Stith, Mark J. (1997). "Tunnels in Time". Southern Living. ISSN 0038-4305. Retrieved September 24, 2007. The Birmingham News (July 17, 1972) news article. Retrieved October 30, 2007. Alabama Department of Archives and History. Nectar CB: Credits. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
Puente cubierto de Nectar

El Puente cubierto de Nectar fue un puente cubierto de madera y metal que cruzaba el Locust Fork del río Black Warrior en el condado de Blount, Alabama, Estados Unidos. Estaba ubicado en Nectar Bridge Road, en la ruta estatal 160, justo al este de la ciudad de Nectar, a unas 14 millas (16 kilómetros) al noroeste de Oneonta. El puente cubierto de Nectar fue en un momento el séptimo puente cubierto más largo del país. El puente permaneció abierto al tráfico motorizado de un solo carril desde su construcción hasta que fue incendiado por vándalos el 13 de junio de 1993.​ Historia Construido en 1934, el puente de 385 pies (117 metros) fue una construcción de celosía Town Lattice en cuatro vanos.​ Fue construido por un equipo dirigido por el capataz Zelma C. Tidwell sobre una amplia sección del Locust Fork.​ Fue el tercer puente cubierto más largo construido en el condado de Blount. En su momento, el Puente Cubierto de Nectar fue el séptimo puente cubierto más largo del país. El puente fue incendiado por vándalos el 13 de junio de 1993. Fue mantenido por la Comisión del Condado de Blount y el Departamento de Transporte de Alabama. El Puente Cubierto de Nectar fue incluido en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos el 20 de agosto de 1981. El puente fue una vez un lugar de reunión de la comunidad y un sitio para grandes ceremonias de bautismo.​ Desde entonces, un puente de hormigón ha reemplazado al antiguo puente cubierto, pero los viejos pilares de piedra permanecen al otro lado del río al sur del cruce actual. Referencias Otras lecturas Prince, A. G. (1981). Alabama's Covered Bridges: Past and Present (Revised edición). Ensley: Best Printing Service. «01-05-04». Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Dale J. Travis. Consultado el 24 de diciembre de 2013. Stith, Mark J. (1997). «Tunnels in Time». Southern Living. ISSN 0038-4305. Consultado el 24 de septiembre de 2007. Artículo de noticias de The Birmingham News (17 de julio de 1972). Consultado el 30 de octubre de 2007. Departamento de Archivos e Historia de Alabama. Nectar CB: Créditos . Consultado el 30 de octubre de 2007. Enlaces externos