Best Areas to Live in Selma
Selma's Old Town Historic District -- the largest in Alabama -- gives this record's best-areas page genuine, distinct substance, alongside the city's profound civil rights historic sites.
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Learn moreOld Town Historic District -- the largest in Alabama
Old Town Historic District encompasses more than 1,200-1,250 structures dating to the early 1800s, spanning classic antebellum homes, Victorian architecture, storefronts, and churches -- the largest historic district in the state, with well-preserved examples available for walking and self-guided driving tours (the Windshield Tour, maps available from the Selma Chamber of Commerce).
Sturdivant Hall -- a preserved antebellum mansion museum
Sturdivant Hall, an 1856 Greek Revival mansion, is preserved as a museum offering guided tours of period furnishings, art, and artifacts, alongside the history of the families who lived there -- a real, well-documented architectural landmark within Old Town.
The Edmund Pettus Bridge and National Voting Rights Museum -- real, active sites of memory
The Edmund Pettus Bridge and the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute at its foot remain real, active civil rights heritage sites, commemorated annually each March at the Bridge Crossing Jubilee -- essential to understanding Selma's geography and identity, not a separate "attraction" from the rest of the city.
Key takeaways
- Old Town Historic District (1,200+ structures) is Alabama's largest historic district, spanning antebellum and Victorian architecture.
- Sturdivant Hall, an 1856 Greek Revival mansion, is a preserved museum landmark within Old Town.
- The Edmund Pettus Bridge and National Voting Rights Museum remain real, active sites of civil rights memory and annual commemoration.
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