HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Huntsville city officials have approved a project to prepare National Register of Historic Places nominations for Magnolia Terrace and Brothers Heights/Gurley Additions, two neighborhoods north of Holmes Avenue and west of Pulaski Pike.
The $35,000 effort is funded through a Certified Local Government grant from the Alabama Historical Commission, which will cover 60% of the cost, with the city providing the remaining 40%. The project will document and evaluate more than 250 properties across the adjacent but distinct neighborhoods, which differ in age, architecture, and community identity.
The move builds on the city’s recent work to preserve historically significant sites in Huntsville’s Black community, including the Normal Historic District, Edmonton Heights, and Glenwood Cemetery…