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Old University of Alabama Observatory

The Old University of Alabama Observatory, now known as Frederick R. Maxwell Hall, was an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Although no longer used as an observatory, the building has been restored and preserved. It currently houses the university's Collaborative Arts Research Initiative (CARI), an interdisciplinary, arts-focused research engine driven by the interests of faculty from across the university. By facilitating collaborations across disciplines, CARI maximizes the impact of faculty arts research, while enriching the university, local, and regional communities. Significant for its architectural and historical importance, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 14, 1972. History The Greek Revival-style observatory building was completed in 1844, though the equatorial mounted Troughton & Simms 8-inch (0.20 m) refracting telescope was not mounted until 1849. The observation room was built with a large central section, capped by a revolving 18-foot (5.5 m) diameter dome. At the west end of the building was a transit instrument room with a north–south slit in the roof. Opposite the transit room was an office. The transit room contained a Troughton and Simms transit circle with a 4-inch (0.10 m) objective and a focal length of 5 feet (1.5 m). It used a 4-foot (1.2 m) circle, readable to a single arc second. The University of Alabama, converted to a military campus at the time, was largely destroyed during a Federal raid led by General John Croxton on April 4, 1865. The observatory was one of seven buildings on campus that escaped being burned to the ground, although it suffered extensive damage. The lens had been sent to nearby Bryce Hospital for safekeeping, although parts of the telescope were removed by some of the troops as trophies. The other campus buildings to survive the event were the President's Mansion (1841), Gorgas House (1829), the Little Round House (1860), and a few faculty residences. Though the observatory and instruments had been damaged in the raid, the telescopes and observatory were still usable for teaching purposes until the 1890s. A new observatory was built in Gallalee Hall in 1949 and a new telescope was installed by 1950. The old observatory building was known simply as the Old Observatory until 1985, when it was renamed in honor of Frederick R. Maxwell, a retired consulting engineer for the university who had been responsible for protecting and preserving the remnants of the 1800s university campus. Following the renaming of the building it has been home to the Computer Based Honors Program and the university's Creative Campus program. It currently houses the university's Collaborative Arts Research Initiative. See also University of Alabama Observatory List of observatories National Register of Historic Places listings in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama References External links Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-231, "University of Alabama, Observatory, Stadium Drive & Fifth Street, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL", 3 photos, 3 data pages
General Krulak Stadium

General Charles C. Krulak Stadium is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and served as the home stadium for the Birmingham–Southern Panthers football, lacrosse, cross country, and track and field teams. The stadium has a maximum seating capacity of 1,600, and opened for the homecoming football game against Sewanee on November 8, 2008 as Panther Stadium. The 49–0 Panthers victory saw an overflow crowd of 3,575 in attendance. In 2015, the stadium was renamed to its current name after General Charles C. Krulak. Panther Stadium serves as a replacement for the Munger Bowl, which was located on-campus and subsequently demolished in the 1960s to make way for campus expansion. References
Parkway Place Mall

Parkway Place Mall is a shopping mall in Huntsville, Alabama. It opened on October 16, 2002. Parkway Place replaced the older Parkway City Mall, which was torn down to allow for the newer facility. Offering a total of 643,135 square feet (59,749.2 m2) and 70 in-line stores, Parkway Place is anchored by Dillard's and Belk. The mall is the only indoor shopping mall in Huntsville. Parkway Place offers shoppers several stores that are unique to the Huntsville market, including, Torrid, Build-A-Bear Workshop, American Eagle/Aerie, and Chico's. The mall has over 2,800 free parking spaces (including the parking deck) and seats 400 people in the food court. Parkway Place is owned by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. History The original Parkway Shopping Center opened in 1957 as an open-air strip mall with; seven stores were added two years later. In 1974 the mall was acquired by Arlen Real Estate (which later became CBL), and a tornado destroyed the south end of the center. In February 1976, the shopping complex reopened as Parkway City Mall, a single-level enclosed mall, with Pizitz (later purchased by McRae's), Montgomery Ward and Parisian as anchors. It offered 467,000 square feet (43,400 m2) of retail space, and was expanded in 1984 and 1994. It was Huntsville's largest shopping center until Madison Square Mall opened in 1984. Plans began in 1998 to redevelop the location. The mall was losing stores, and, in 2001, the Montgomery Ward chain closed all of its retail stores, one of its three anchors. The demolition of Parkway City Mall and 2002 construction of Parkway Place were completed in stages so as to protect Piccadilly Cafeteria, one of the major remaining businesses at the time of the demolition. In January 2007, an expansion to the mall began, enlarging the anchor spot used by Parisian as it redeveloped into a Belk store. Parisian was renamed Belk on September 12, 2007. Anchor stores Dillard's 181,028 sq ft (16,818.1 m2) Belk 188,150 sq ft (17,480 m2) Former anchors Parisian (sold to Belk in 2007) References External links Parkway Place Mall website
Paterson Field

Paterson Field is a baseball stadium in Montgomery, Alabama. The stadium, named after William Burns Paterson junior, has a maximum capacity of 7,000 people and was opened in 1949. Paterson Field has played host to, among other professional teams, the Montgomery Rebels, a AA-class minor-league team affiliated with the Detroit Tigers, and the Montgomery Wings, an independent minor-league team. The stadium is still in use today, having recently been used as the home field of Alabama State University, a Division I program that competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. A majority of seating inside Paterson Field is metallic bleachers with a few rows of box seats. Roof coverings shelter the three sections of the park behind home plate. The concourse is entirely covered, and situated below the seating. The concourse also provides no views of the playing field. Its location is in the downtown Montgomery area on Madison Avenue, near its intersection with Hall Street and in close proximity to Cramton Bowl. The stadium affords no view of downtown Montgomery to the large majority of fans in the seating inside the park. Soon after its construction, Paterson Field was the home of several Montgomery minor-league professional baseball teams. Chief among these was the 1965–80 incarnation of the Montgomery Rebels as a Detroit Tigers affiliate. During their 16 years in Montgomery, the Rebels won five Southern League championships as the Tigers developed the nucleus of a club that would win the 1984 World Series, and future MLB notables such as Jack Morris, Lou Whittaker, and Alan Trammell played under Paterson Field's lights before becoming big leaguers. The Rebels moved to Birmingham, after the 1980 Southern League season, becoming the Birmingham Barons, while Paterson Field lay relatively dormant. Riding the wave of increased popularity in minor league baseball of any level, the independent All-American Association opened play in June 2001 with teams in six cities. With the city's population count reaching 200,000, Montgomery was a logical choice for a franchise, and the city heartily welcomed the return of professional baseball to Alabama's capital city. In 2001, the Wings were part of the All-American Association; when the league folded, the Southeastern League of Professional Baseball picked them up for the 2002 season. The Wings were brought back for a final season in 2003 before an affiliate team from the Southern League, the Montgomery Biscuits, took up residence in a new waterfront park, Dabos Park, which opened in 2004. Paterson Field was home to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship from 1985 to 2004, after which the event was moved to Riverwalk Stadium. References Baseball Pilgrimages Ballpark Reviews
Paterson Field

Le Paterson Field est un stade de baseball, d'une capacité de 7 000 places, situé dans la ville de Montgomery, dans l'État de l'Alabama, aux États-Unis. Ouvert en 1949, il a été le domicile de plusieurs équipes professionnelles de baseball, dont de 1965 à 1980 les Rebels de Montgomery, club de la Southern League, de niveau Double-A, affilié aux Tigers de Détroit. Il a été également, de 2001 à 2003, le domicile des Wings de Montgomery, club de baseball indépendant. Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail du baseball Portail de l’Alabama
Paul M. Grist State Park

Paul M. Grist State Park is a public recreation area located 17 miles (27 km) north of Selma operated by the government of Dallas County, Alabama. The park offers water activities on a 100-acre (40 ha) lake as well as facilities for camping and picnicking. History The park was developed by workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps who built roads, trails, and the lake dam in the 1930s. It was first called Valley Creek State Park before being renamed for YMCA director and community leader Paul Malone Grist. In 2015, the park was one of several state parks that were closed or saw curtailment of services following budget cuts. After a two-month hiatus, it reopened when an agreement was reached allowing Dallas County to lease the park from the state for 15 years at a cost of ten dollars. Activities and amenities Fishing: The park's 100-acre (40 ha) lake is stocked with bass, bluegill, redear sunfish and catfish. Only electric trolling motors are permitted. Boat rentals are offered and a boat launch is available for privately owned craft. Camping: The park's campground has 11 modern sites with hookups for RVs as well as primitive campsites. Day-use area: The park has picnic tables, a large picnic pavilion, a swimming beach, paddle boat rentals, playing fields, and shoreline fishing. References External links Paul M. Grist State Park Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Paul M. Grist State Park Map Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Pickwick Lake

Pickwick Lake is the reservoir created by Pickwick Landing Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The lake stretches from Pickwick Landing Dam in Counce, Tennessee, to Wilson Dam in Florence, Alabama, and is one of the few lakes in the United States to be located in three different states. Pickwick Lake has excellent sportfishing areas, including the Wilson Dam tailwater at the upper end of the reservoir, noted for record-size smallmouth bass and catfish. Another favorite spot is the discharge basin at Colbert Fossil Plant west of Sheffield, Alabama, where the warm water discharged from the power plant attracts fish during cold weather. The lakeshore plays host to two state parks: Tennessee's Pickwick Landing State Park and Mississippi's J P Coleman State Park. Pickwick Lake is the north end of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, which provides a water transportation route to the Gulf of Mexico. Yellow Creek Cove is home to the Yellow Creek waterfall and is a popular destination for boaters. A rope swing off the top of the waterfall has been present for many years. See also Dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River References "Pickwick Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 2, 2006. External links Tennessee Valley Authority: Pickwick Reservoir Fishing Pickwick Lake Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Crappie, and Sauger Further reading Grimsley, Rheta, "Dirty Little Story," Southern Spaces, 6 September 2012.
Lago Pickwick

El lago Pickwick es un embalse situado en el sureste de Estados Unidos, entre los estados de Alabama y Misisipi, perteneciente al río Tennessee. El lago se formó en la década de 1930 cuando se construyó la presa del mismo nombre, como parte del New Deal. Debe su nombre a una comunidad cercana al lugar de construcción de la presa, que fue nombrada en la novela Los papeles póstumos del Club Pickwick, de Charles Dickens. Referencias "Pickwick Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
Lac Pickwick

Le lac Pickwick est un lac de barrage situé sur la vallée du Tennessee aux États-Unis. Il a été créé par la Tennessee Valley Authority entre 1935 et 1938 avec la construction du Pickwick Landing Dam (en). Le lac artificiel s'étend à la fois sur les États du Tennessee, du Mississippi et de l'Alabama. Références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Pickwick Lake » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes Ressource relative à la géographie : Geographic Names Information System Portail des lacs et cours d'eau Portail de l’Alabama Portail du Tennessee Portail du Mississippi
Pincus Building

The Pincus Building, also known as the Zadek Building, is a historic Queen Anne-style commercial building in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Designed by local architect Rudolph Benz, the four-story brick masonry structure was completed in 1891. It initially served as the home of the Zadek Jewelry Company. The original design featured a round tower with a spire on one of the building's exterior corners, which was removed by the 1940s. Furthermore, the architectural details on the first-floor exterior have been simplified. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976. References
Pitts' Folly

Pitts' Folly is a historic antebellum Greek Revival residence located in Uniontown, Alabama. The house was built by Philip Henry Pitts as his main house. It was designed by architect B. F. Parsons, who also designed the nearby Perry County Courthouse in Marion. Many local legends detail how the house gained its name, but they all center on the people of Uniontown believing it to be folly, or foolishness, that Pitts was building such a large house. History Phillip Henry Pitts was born June 3, 1814, in Essex County, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Daniel Pitts, a veteran of the War of 1812 who moved his family to Uniontown in 1833. Pitts married in 1841 to Margaret Davidson, the sister of Alexander C. Davidson. The Davidsons were descendants of William Lee Davidson, a general during the American Revolutionary War and founder of Davidson College in North Carolina. Pitts himself was a large contributor to the college within his lifetime and his plantation diaries were later donated to it for preservation. Phillip Pitts recorded in his diary that construction of the house began on February 27, 1852. He also recorded the house being completed in April 1853. His assets by 1860 were valued at $175,300. At this time he owned two additional plantations, "Rurill Hill" and "Kings" for a total of 2,200 acres (890 ha). The 1860 United States census of Perry County indicates that Phillip Henry Pitts owned 75 slaves in that year, though his children are individually listed as owning an additional 68 slaves. Pitts also owned stock in the Alabama-Mississippi Railroad. The Pitts had ten children, most of whom were raised in the house, with two dying in the American Civil War. Phillip Pitts remained a cotton planter until his death on April 22, 1884. The house continues to be occupied by the descendants of Phillip Pitts to the present day. Architecture Pitts' Folly is a two-story wood-frame structure with wooden clapboarding. The roof is gabled on the east and west sides, with a flat roof over the portico. The front and eastern elevations feature a two-story portico with fourteen masonry Doric columns, nine across the front and five on the east side. A cantilevered second floor balcony wraps both sides of the house under the portico. The interior is divided on both floors by a central hallway. Several rooms feature decorative plasterwork. The house and grounds were surveyed in 1935 and 1936 by the Historic American Buildings Survey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Gallery References
Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church

The Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church, originally known as Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church, is a historic Greek Revival church in Pleasant Hill, Alabama, United States. The current structure was built between 1851 and 1852. It features a distyle-in-antis type portico with simple box columns, a bell tower topped by a small domed cupola, and a second-floor balcony around three sides of the interior. It was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on the November 2, 1990 and on the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1999. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Alabama Historical Marker Database References External links Media related to Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church (Pleasant Hill, Alabama) at Wikimedia Commons South Dallas Historical Preservation Association Restoration of Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church
Iglesia Presbiteriana de Pleasant Hill

La Iglesia Presbiteriana de Pleasant Hill, originalmente conocida como Iglesia Presbiteriana de Mount Carmel, es una histórica iglesia de estilo neogriego ubicada en Pleasant Hill, Alabama, Estados Unidos.​ Historia La estructura actual fue construida entre 1851 y 1852. Presenta un pórtico tipo distyle-in-antis con simples columnas de caja, un campanario rematado por una pequeña cúpula abovedada y un balcón en el segundo piso alrededor de tres lados del interior.​ Se integró al Registro de Monumentos y Patrimonio de Alabama el 2 de noviembre de 1990 y al Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos el 22 de abril de 1999.​ Referencias Enlaces externos Asociación de Preservación Histórica del Sur de Dallas Restauración de la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Pleasant Hill
Prattville–Grouby Field

Prattville–Grouby Field (FAA LID: 1A9) is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) southwest of the central business district of Prattville, a city in Autauga County, Alabama, United States. It is owned by the Prattville Airport Authority. It is also known as Prattville Airport or Autauga County Airport. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. Facilities and aircraft Prattville–Grouby Field covers an area of 82 acres (33 ha) at an elevation of 225 feet (69 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,400 by 100 feet (1,646 by 30 m). For the 12-month period ending November 1, 2010, the airport had 8,754 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine. See also List of airports in Alabama References External links Photo of airport terminal Aerial image as of 28 February 1998 from USGS The National Map FAA Terminal Procedures for 1A9, effective July 9, 2026 Official Website: http://prattvilleairport.com/ Resources for this airport: FAA airport information for 1A9 AirNav airport information for 1A9 FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1A9
Princess Theatre (Decatur)

Das Princess Theatre ist ein Veranstaltungsgebäude in der Stadt Decatur im US-Bundesstaat Alabama. Das Gebäude war ein ursprünglich ein 1887 erbauter Pferdestall des Casa Grande Hotel. 1919 wurde es vollständig umgebaut. Es entstand ein Gebäude, in dem zunächst Stummfilme aufgeführt wurden, bereits Anfang der 1920er-Jahre kamen auch Vaudeville-Veranstaltungen hinzu. Premierenabend war der 30. Dezember 1919. Sein heutiges Aussehen im Stil des Art déco erhielt das Princess Theatre durch einen abermaligen Umbau 1940/41 unter Leitung des Architekten Albert Frahn zu einem Kino. Nachdem das Kino 1978 geschlossen hatte, wurde das Gebäude von der Stadt Decatur erworben. Diese ließ es zum Preis von 750.000 US-Dollar renovieren und 1983 als Veranstaltungshalle wieder eröffnen. Nach einer abermaligen Sanierung 2000/01 fungiert es heute als Center of the performing arts. Die Bandbreite der dargebotenen Veranstaltungen umfasst alle Bereiche der darstellenden Kunst und reicht von Filmvorführungen über Theaterdarstellungen bis zu Musikkonzerten. Insgesamt sind 677 Sitzplätze vorhanden. Das Gebäude wurde 1981 in das Denkmalschutzregister von Alabama eingetragen sowie am 7. Juli 1995 zusätzlich als Contributing Property des Historic Districts New Decatur-Albany in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen. Weblinks Offizielle Website (englisch) Princess Theatre auf der Website der Stadt Decatur (englisch) Einzelnachweise
Princess Theatre (Decatur, Alabama)

The Princess Theatre is a 677-seat performing arts venue in Decatur, Alabama. The art deco-style building was originally built in 1887 as a livery stable. In 1919, the building was transformed into a silent film and vaudeville playhouse. In 1941 the Princess received its art deco redesign. A bright neon marque which displays the name was installed around the same time. Local architect Albert Frahn painted the interior in burgundy and gray, with glow-in-the-dark murals. Outside the doors, the floor is paved with terrazzo in a map of Alabama, that marks the Tennessee River and City of Decatur. In 1978, the city of Decatur purchased The Princess after it closed as a movie house. The city gave the theatre a $750,000 renovation, and the stage was again open as the premier performing arts venue for the Decatur area. The building was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1981. The theatre was also added to the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property of the New Decatur–Albany Historic District in 1995 and given its own separate listing on December 18, 2025. The Princess and education Annually, the Princess hosts 60,000 customers, 20,000 of whom are students and teachers. Professional performers regularly visit Decatur to perform during school hours for arts education. The theater also sponsors performers that visit the local Decatur City Schools to teach in the schools. Future renovation and restoration efforts The City of Decatur completed renovation in the Sexton Lobby and in the future to restore The Princess to the way it looked during the time period of the 1950s and 1960s. This includes removing paint that covers the murals painted by Albert Frahn. Efforts have created a large reception area adjacent and connected to the main theatre. It includes additional second floor access, concessions, restrooms, dressing rooms, as well as a second entrance to the building was completed in April 2009. Gallery References The Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts (2004–2006) External links Official Princess Theatre website