Saturday, August 15, 2015

1996 ~ Sept 16 & Oct 14 Trying out my new (film) Canon Camera in Huntsville, AL

I had just received a new Canon Camera and I wanted to try it out so here are some of the places where I took pictures.

House across street from Constitution Village 

Constitution Village
The Village rests on the actual site where the Alabama Constitutional Convention was held in 1819.
Alabama became the 22nd state admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. This living history museum features costumed guides who lead visitors on a tour of a working village. A cabinetmaker's shop, print shop, confectionary shop, library and post office are all featured. More than eight carefully reconstructed buildings of the 1800s depict early lifestyles in Alabama, including that of African-American settlers. It also commemorates the place where the 1819 Constitutional Convention was held. 

Constitution Village 

Weeden House
Built in 1819, the house at 300 Gates Avenue is now open to the public as the Weeden House Museum and Garden.  Dr. William Weeden bought the house in 1845 and his descendants owned it until 1956.  Now owned by the City of Huntsville, it is leased by the Twickenham Historic Preservation District Association and maintained as a 19 century house museum.
Earlier residents included John McKinley who lived in the house

Ditto Landing 
Huntsville Railway Company Huntsville, Al

Huntsville Railway Company Huntsville, Al

Huntsville Railway Company Huntsville, Al

Huntsville Railway Company Huntsville, Al

Huntsville Railway Company Huntsville, Al
A Three story Museum with miniature train set on the first floor, second floor has a large model train  set to look like the depot did in 1862 and on the third floor is Civil War history 

Huntsville Railway Company Huntsville, Al
Burritt Museum
Burritt on the Mountain is a public 167-acre, scenic site overlooking Huntsville, Alabama, featuring a 19th century living history (interpretive) park, an eclectic ...

Burritt Museum
In 1955 physician and Huntsville native William Henry Burritt willed his estate and mansion known as Round Top Mountain to the city of Huntsville to create their first museum. 

Huntsville Botanical Gardens taking a Hay ride thru the garden 

Huntsville Botanical Gardens  Rose Garden
Huntsville Botanical is more than a garden, from May thru Sept the garden comes alive with butterflies, in the butterflies house, the Scarecrow Trail is filled with goblins from Sept through October and the Garden is bubbling over with Christmas lights during their Galaxy of Light. There is always something to do at the garden.

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