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Brown Chapel AME Church
1st AME church in state (1866). Headquarters for Blacks during Voting Rights movement. Starting point for Selma-to-Montgomery marchers; Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail/
Selma, AL Historic ChurchesHistoric Water Avenue
Restored 19th-century commercial district. Brick streets, antique stores, fountains, restored bridge-tender's house. 3 parks, antebellum St. James Hotel (riverfront)
Selma, AL Historic DistrictsSturdivant Hall Museum
Outstanding example of Neoclassical architecture erected in 1853. 10
Selma, AL MuseumsOld Live Oak Cemetery
Graves of Confederate soldiers and prominent Selma residents. Includes statue of Elodie B. Todd, half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln; mausoleum of Vice President William Rufus King; and Benjamin Sterling Turner, Alabama'
Selma, AL CemeteriesOld Town Historic District
Largest historic district in state includes beautiful antebellum Sturdivant Hall. More than 1250 buildings dating from 1820s. Windshield tour (brochures available from Chamber) contains 116
Selma, AL Historic Districts