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The Ordeman-Shaw Townhouse ca. 1850s
     
Viewing Historic Architecture in Old Alabama Town
Expert guides take guests back through the decades to antebellum days, a period to which time has added a romantic flavor.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Landmarks Foundation is to preserve,
interpret and present Central Alabama's architecture,
history and culture.

April Events

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image: Saturday jam• Saturday Jam Sessions
Apr. 12th and 26th

image: Black History Celebration• 3rd Annual Alabama Book Festival Saturday, April 19

image: Black History Celebration• Walking Tour April 27th

image: Black History Celebration• Spring Fundraiser
Friday May 2nd

image: Black History Celebration• Herb Day 2008
Saturday, May 10th

image: Saturday jam• Saturday Jam Sessions
May 10th and 24th
Make Plans now for Old Alabama Town's Celebrations in April.
image: old ordeman house The crown jewel of Old Alabama Town and the first restoration, the 1850s Ordeman Townhouse, stands on its original site with its dependencies buildings including kitchens and slave quarters.
image: ordeman house out buildings   image: ordeman house new  
  image: ordeman house stairs
Constructed in the new vogue style of the time, the Ordeman house includes innovative features such as a bathing room and basement.
 
image: ordeman bedroom   Built by the aspiring young architect, Charles Ordeman, the Italianate home exemplifies the life of the upper middle class with its high style Rococo and Empire furnishings.
  image: ordeman game room
The Ordeman House has the unusual feature of a partial basement containing the dining room and a morning room with a door opening to a dry moat/stairway leading to a brick courtyard with a well that is 65 feet deep.
image: ordeman house parlor   image: ordeman house dining room
image: ordeman house faamily dining room   To the rear of the site is the carriage house, of more recent construction, and a barn dating from the 1840s that was originally just north of Montgomery.
 
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Call 334-240-4500 or toll free 1-888-240-1850 for more information or
E-mail us: Tour Information@oldalabamatown.com
   
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