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Drish House: 1939
1939. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. "Drish House, 23rd Avenue & 18th. Brick and stucco built with slave labor ca. 1825-1832. Originally a plantation house, later used as public school." 8x10 negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
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Below is the same view from February of 2021.
Immortalized by Walker Evans
as the "Tuscaloosa Wrecking Company" in a series of photographs taken in 1936. Here are six of them at the Metropolitan Museum.
Death Lights in the Tower
This ghost story fits well with the old mansion. Kathryn Tucker tells the tale with great southern charm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gcPl-0OUKo
Here is a wonderful picture of the home still in its splendor from a 1911 picture.
No Respect
Also used as an auto parts warehouse during the depression, among other things. See this.
Here it is
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