Tag: Birmingham history
Council Invests $60K in Preservation of Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
The 97-year-old chapel is in Birmingham’s original city cemetery.
A.G. Gaston Motel Restoration Receives $1.1 Million Grant
The A.G. Gaston Motel restoration project has received a $1.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to go toward restoration of the interior coffee shop and dining room in the 1968 wing of the historic motel. Read more.
Birmingham Celebrates Historic A.G. Gaston Motel Anniversary
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. often planned strategy for the civil rights movement in room 30 at the A.G. Gaston Motel. For others, it was a place for wedding receptions and fancy dances. As restoration of the famed but deteriorating structure begins, Birmingham celebrated the motel’s anniversary and its founder on Monday. Read more.
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