buildings

  • Fort W.W. Quarles Armory

    From the 1937 Sel-Ala, the yearbook of the original Selma High School (then housed on Tremont Street): One of Selma’s most progressive steps in recent years has been the building of the new armory on Washington Street. It is a… Continue reading

    Fort W.W. Quarles Armory
  • Bridges: history and myth

    Selma is most known these days for the Edmund Pettus Bridge, an icon of the Civil Rights movement — but few know that it wasn’t Selma’s only bridge across the Alabama river, and fewer still realize how new its status is. I’d like to… Continue reading

    Bridges: history and myth