The University of Alabama is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama as well as the University of Alabama System. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".
View of the Quad in 1859. The Rotunda can be seen at center, with the halls visible in the background. All buildings depicted were destroyed on April 4, 1865.
A view of either Tuomey Hall or Oliver-Barnard Hall, one of the first buildings constructed after the university reopened after the Civil War, in 1907
George Wallace's "stand in the schoolhouse door" to attempt to stop integration of other races at the University of Alabama.
Foster Auditorium and Malone-Hood Plaza today. Lucy Clock Tower is in the foreground.
The Alabama State Capitol, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the First Confederate Capitol, is the state capitol building for Alabama. Located on Capitol Hill, originally Goat Hill, in Montgomery, it was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960. Unlike every other state capitol, the Alabama Legislature does not meet there, but at the Alabama State House. The Capitol has the governor's office and otherwise functions as a museum.
The Alabama State Capitol in 2016
The first Montgomery capitol building, destroyed by fire in 1849.
The capitol building and confederate monument in 1906, prior to erection of north and south side-wings.
Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States of America on the steps of the capitol building on February 18, 1861.