Old Town Historic District (Selma, Alabama)

(Redirected from Dallas Academy) Historic district in Alabama, United States

United States historic place


Old Town Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

The First Baptist Church, built in 1904
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Location	Jefferson Davis Ave.; area roughly bounded by Broad, Dallas, US 80 and Franklin; Selma Ave.; and Franklin St., Selma, Alabama
Coordinates	32°24′37″N 87°01′31″W / 32.41028°N 87.02528°W / 32.41028; -87.02528
Area	323 acres (131 ha)
NRHP reference No.	78000486
Added to NRHP	May 3, 1978

The Old Town Historic District is a 323-acre (131 ha) historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States. It is bounded by U.S. Route 80, Broad and Franklin streets, and Dallas and Selma avenues. The boundaries were increased on December 15, 2003. The district includes examples of the Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Victorian, Shotgun, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, and Classical Revival.

Contributing properties

It contains 629 properties, with 513 contributing and 116 noncontributing to the district. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 1978.

Dallas Academy was a private school in Selma, Alabama (Dallas County, Alabama). The school building was constructed ca. 1889 and it is a contributing property to the Old Town Historic District.
Sturdivant Hall: Individually listed Greek Revival house.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Alabama
National Historic Landmark	Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Historic districts	Carlowville Historic District Icehouse Historic District Old Town Historic District Riverview Historic District Summerfield District Water Avenue Historic District
Other properties	Adams Grove Presbyterian Church Antique Store Cahaba Christian Church and Parsonage Dallas County Courthouse Doctor's Office Driskell-Martin House First Baptist Church J. Bruce Hain House Marshall's Grove John Tyler Morgan House Wesley Plattenburg House Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church Riverdale St. Luke's Episcopal Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church Marcus Meyer Skinner House Street Manual Training School Sturdivant Hall Todd House U.S. Post Office Building Valley Creek Presbyterian Church
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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