Court Square - Montgomery, AL
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Markerman62
N 32° 22.645 W 086° 18.555
16S E 564977 N 3582480
Located at the Court Square Fountain, Court Square and Commerce Street, Montgomery
Waymark Code: WM16H45
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2022
Views: 2
Historic hub for business in Montgomery. Exchange Hotel built in 1848 on NW corner of Commerce and Montgomery Streets; rebuilt 1906; demolished 1970s. Cast iron-fronted Central Bank of 1856 on NE corner of square; Winter Building, site of telegraph office in 1861, on SE corner since 1840s. Historic processions passing along Dexter Avenue to the Capitol included Jefferson Davis Inaugural, 2/18/1861; Gen. J. H. Wilson's Cavalry Corps, 4/12/1865; 167th Infantry Regt. Rainbow Division, 5/12/1919; Selma-Montgomery Civil Rights March, 3/25/1965.
Marker Name: Court Square
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Historical Association
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1992
Marker Number: Not listed
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