Ordeman-Shaw Historic District
The Ordeman–Shaw Historic District is a historic district in Montgomery, Alabama.

The Ordeman–Shaw Historic District is a historic district in Montgomery, Alabama. It is centered on the Ordeman–Shaw House, which construction started on as early as 1846 and was completed in 1850 by Charles Ordeman, a German immigrant architect. Ordeman was appointed city surveyor, and built a number of buildings in Montgomery, including the county courthouse. He used his profits to install gas lighting throughout the city, but overextended himself on the venture and left town by 1854.
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Worth seeing in and around Ordeman-Shaw Historic District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Alabama House of Representatives
The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens.
700 m · lower house of the Alabama legislature · Wikipedia - 02Alabama State Capitol
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.
500 m · state capitol building of the U.S. state of Alabama · Wikipedia - 03Alabama State University
Alabama State University is a public historically Black university in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1867 during the Reconstruction era, it was one of about 180 "normal schools" established by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools.
2.1 km · public university in Montgomery, Alabama, United States · Wikipedia - 04Civil Rights Memorial
The Civil Rights Memorial is an American memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, created by Maya Lin. The names of 41 people are inscribed on the granite fountain as martyrs who were killed in the civil rights movement.
600 m · American memorial in Montgomery, Alabama · Wikipedia - 05Air Command and Staff College
The Air Command and Staff College is located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, and is the United States Air Force's intermediate-level professional military education school. It is a subordinate command of Air University, also located at Maxwell AFB, and is part of the Air Education and Training Command headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
3.8 km · senior professional military education school of the U.S. Air Force · Wikipedia - 06Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Progressive National Baptist Convention. The church was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974 because of its importance in the civil rights movement and American history.
500 m · church building in Alabama, United States of America · Wikipedia - 07First White House of the Confederacy
The First White House of the Confederacy is a historic house in Montgomery, Alabama, which served as the initial executive residence of President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis and family during early 1861. Moved from its original location in 1919 and completely furnished with original period pieces from the 1850s and 1860s, the 1835 Italianate-style house is open to the public.
700 m · historic house in Alabama, United States · Wikipedia - 08The National Memorial to Peace and Justice
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, is a memorial to commemorate the black victims of lynching in the United States. It is intended to focus on and acknowledge past racial terrorism and advocate for social justice in America.
1.4 km · National memorial in Montgomery, Alabama that commemorates the victims of lynching in the United States · Wikipedia - 09Alabama Governor's Mansion
The Alabama Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the governor of Alabama and the governor's family in Montgomery, the capital city of Alabama. The current Governor of Alabama, Kay Ivey lives at the governor's mansion.
2.2 km · building in Alabama, United States · Wikipedia - 10Patrick Henry Brittan House
The Patrick Henry Brittan House, also known as the Brittan-Dennis House, is a historic Italianate style house in Montgomery, Alabama. The one-story brick house was completed in 1858 by Patrick Henry Brittan, 10th Secretary of State of Alabama.
200 m · historic house in Alabama, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ordeman-Shaw Historic District
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