Newbern Precinct

State Route 61, Newbern

Historical marker text:

Rev. J. Bancroft, presiding elder, and Rev. J. A. Moore, minister, called meeting of members in 1883 including the names: Hobson, Holcroft, Walker, Scott, Huggins, Moore, True, Sadler, Turpin.

Building committee consisted of Mr. Will Sadler, Mr. E. B. Holcroft, and Mr. J. A. Moore.

Mrs. Sallie L. Hobson granted privilege of naming church as she raised and donated largest amount of funds for construction.

7886 State Route 61, Newbern

Chantilly, an ornate "steamboat gothic" style home, was originally built in Greensboro and was located at 1502 Tuscaloosa Street.  Chantilly was moved to Newbern in 1996 after William Morrisette donated the structure to the Rural Studio.

Thomas K. Carson, a successful Greensboro merchant, bought the property in 1854 and expanded the original four room home for his growing family.

 

State Route 61, Newbern

Historical marker text:

Organized in April 1848 by the Rev. Thomas Chilton, moderator; John R. Hendon, clerk; John G. Huckabee, Wm. F. Hendon, B.F. Hendon, John Dial, Gray Huckabee, Thomas H. Croom, R.S. Tinker, C.C. Huckabee, L.A. Seawell, Mary A. Paul, Martha Huckabee, G.A. Huckabee, Maria Hendon, Hannah Hendon, Maria P. Hendon, Susan Hendon, Martha Donna Hendon, Elizabeth Driver, Martha Croom and Mary Ann Tinker.

Sanctuary stands as built in 1849 with original columns of solid poplar.

Education building added in 1959.

Baptist Historical Society has records of church's first 111 years on deposit in library of Howard College at Birmingham.

HABS Data Card

HABS Engineering Sheet 1, Sheet 2 
 

State Route 61, Newbern

The Newbern Bell has called Newbern congregations to worship services since 1868 and also serves as the town fire bell.

"G. Peacock, Founder, Selma, Ala." and the date July 4, 1868 is stamped on the bell's exterior.

Newbern Presbyterian Church (ca. 1848)

State Route 61, Newbern

The oldest church in Newbern and one of the oldest Presbyterian Churches in this part of Alabama, Newbern Presbyterian Church was organized in 1844 and the present building was constructed in 1848. Land for the Church and cemetery was given by the Borden family, with the stipulation that no charge was ever to be made for a cemetery plot.

 

HABS Data Card

HABS Engineering Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3

State Route 61, Newbern

Built ca 1856-1858 by Richard Booker Walthall, who was born in 1794 in Amelia County, Virginia. The house has passed through many generations of Walthalls and is still in the hands of descendants.

Photographer William Christenberry's  Green Barn is located behind Walthalia and can be seen from the Newbern Cemetery.

Data Card

Engineering Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3