Tuscaloosa served as the Alabama state capitol from 1826-1846, when the government was moved to Montgomery, in the central part of the state. The building burned in 1923, and it's ruins are now preserved in Capitol Park.
State Capitol in Tuscaloosa
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Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History
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