Alabama Institutions

Autauga County

Booth

Autauga County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Baldwin County

Loxley

Labor Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Stapleton

Stapleton Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Barbour County

Clayton

Barbour County Almshouse (est. before 1910)
Ventress Correctional Facility (est. 1990)

Clio

Easterling Correctional Facility (est. 1990)

Bibb County

Brent

Bibb Correctional Facility (est. 1997)

Centerville

Bibb County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

West Blocton

Belle Ellen Mine Prison (est. around 1895; closed before 1950)

Blount County

Oneonta

Blount County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Bullock County

Bullock Correctional Facility (est. 1987)

Union Springs

Bullock County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Butler County

Greenville

Butler County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)
Greeneville Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Calhoun County

Anniston

Anniston Normal and Industrial School (est. before 1900;

Jacksonville

Calhoun County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Chambers County

Lafayette

Watson Memorial Sanitarium

Cherokee County

Center

Cherokee County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Chilton County

Clanton

Chilton County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Maplesville

Maplesville Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Mountain Creek

Confederate Soldiers Home of Alabama (est. around 1902/1903; closed 1939)

Choctaw County

Butler

Choctaw County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Clarke County

Clarke County Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Grove Hill

Clarke County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)
Grove Hill Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1974)

Whatley

Whatley Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Clay County

Ashland

Clay County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Lineville

Lineville Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Cleburne County

Edwardsville

Cleburne County Paupers Home (est. before 1910)

Heflin

Heflin Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Hollis

Hollis Camp (est. after 1952; closed 1974)

Coffee County

Elba

Coffee County Almshouse (est. before 1910)
Elba Camp (est. after 1952; closed 1974)

Colbert County

Littleville

Colbert County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Conecuh County

Evergreen

Evergreen Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
Louise Short Baptist Home (est. 1893)

Coosa County

Rockford

Coosa County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Covington County

Andalusia

Andalusia Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
Covington County Poor Farm (est. before 1910)
Williams’s Christian Old Folks Home (est. before 1950)

Crenshaw County

Luverne

Crenshaw County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Cullman County

Cullman

Alabama Odd Fellows’ Home (est. 1909)
Cullman County Pauper Farm (est. before 1910)
Pullman Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Dallas County

Selma

Chaba Regional Mental Health Center (est. 1973)
Dallas County Old Folks Home (est. before 1910)
Selma Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Summerfield

Alabama Methodist Orphanage (est. around 1881/1890/1893)

Elmore County

#5 Camp / Buyck’s Farm (closed 1926)

Elmore

#2 Camp (est. 1894; closed 1897)
#3 Camp (est. 1894; closed 1897)
Draper Correctional Facility (est. 1939; closed 2018)
Elmore Correctional Facilities (est. 1981)
Speigner Station Reformatory (est. 1894; closed 1932)
Stanton Correctional Facility (est. 1978)

Wetumpka

Elmore County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)
Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women (est. 1842)
Wetumpka State Penitentiary (est. 1842)

Escambia County

Atmore

Davis Correctional Facility (est. 1975)
Fountain Correctional Facility (est. 1955)
Holman Correctional Facility (est. 1969)
Moffett Prison Farm (est. 1928; closed 1949)

Etowah County

Gadsden

Etowah County Farm (est. before 1910)
Gadsden Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
Mountain View Hospital / Etowah County Tuberculosis Sanitarium (est. 1926)

Fayette County

Fayette

Fayette Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
Fayette County Paupers Home (est. before 1910)

Franklin County

Russellville

Russellville Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Geneva County

Samson

Samson Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Greene County

Knoxville

Greene County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Hale County

Greensboro

Hale County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Henry County

Abbeville

Henry County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Jackson County

Scottsboro

Jackson County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)
Scottsboro Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Jefferson County

Banner Prison/Banner Coal Mine Prison (est. before 1900; closed after 1927)
Flat Top Prison/Flat Top Mine Prison (est. before 1923)
William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility (est. 1982)

Birmingham

  • Alabama Boys’ Industrial School/Birmingham Boys Industrial School/Vacca Campus (est. 1899/1911; closed 1974)
  • Alabama Old Folks and Orphans’ Home (est. 1898)
  • Alabama Vocational School for Girls (est. 1911)
  • Children’s Village Birmingham
  • East Lake Antheneum (est. 1890; closed 1900)
  • East Lake Children’s Home (est. 1903)
  • Hillcrest Sanitarium
  • Mercy Home (est. 1892/1893)
  • Morris Sanitarium (est. 1899)
  • Salvation Army Industrial Home (est. 1907)
  • Salvation Army Rescue Home/Salvation Army Home and Hospital for Women and Children (est. 1905)
  • St. Edward’s Antheneum Orphan Home/East Lake Antheneum (est. 1903; named changed in 1948 to St. Thomas Home on Hill)
  • St. Thomas Home on Hill (est. under name change 1948; closed 1971)
  • Tuberculosis Camp of the Jefferson County Anti-Tuberculosis Association

Chalkville

Alabama State Training School for Girls/Chalkville Campus (est. 1909; closed 2012)

Littleton

Littleton Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1942)

Woodlawn

Jefferson County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Lamar County

Vernon

Lamar County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Lauderdale County

Florence

Florence Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
Lauderdale County Farm (est. before 1910)

Lawrence County

Moulton

Lawrence County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Lee County

Auburn

Auburn Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Opelika

Lee County Paupers Home (est. before 1910)

Limestone County

Athens

Limestone County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Harvest

Limestone Correctional Facility (est. 1984)

Lowndes County

Letohatchee

Lowndes County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Macon County

Tuskegee

Macon County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Madison County

Huntsville

County and City Hospital (smallpox) (est. about 1891)
Volunteers of America Home (est. 1896)

New Market

Madison County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Marengo County

Linden

Marengo County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Thomaston

Thomaston Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Marion County

Hackleburg

Hackleburg Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Hamilton

Hamilton Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1974)
Marion County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Marshall County

Arab

Arab Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Guntersville

Guntersville Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
Marshall County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Mobile County

Mobile County Paving Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Eight Mile

Eight Mile Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Mobile

  • Alabama Maternity and Infant Home (est. 1911)
  • Benevolent Home (est. 1827)
  • Church Home for Orphans (est. 1861/1864)
  • Colored Old Folks and Orphans’ Home (est. 1904)
  • Home for the Aged (est. 1901)
  • Industrial School for Catholic Orphan Boys (est. 1838/1839/1846)
  • Martha Home (est. 1880)
  • Mobile County Asylum for the Poor (est. before 1910)
  • Protestant Orphan Asylum (est. 1836/1839/1845)
  • Salvation Army Industrial Home (est. 1908)
  • St. Mary’s Female Orphan Asylum (est. 1838)
  • The Sanitarium (est. 1899)

Mount Vernon

Mt. Vernon Insane Hospital/Searcy State Hospital (est. 1902; closed 2012)

Montgomery County

Montgomery County Paving Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Montgomery

  • Alabama Masonic Home (est. 1912)
  • Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery
  • Fresh Air Camp (est. 1911)
  • Greil Memorial Psychiatric Hospital (est. 1974; closed 2012)
  • Highland Park Sanitarium (est. 1892)
  • Montgomery County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)
  • Salvation Army Industrial Home (est. 1910)
  • Working Women’s Home (est. 1881)

Mount Meigs

  • Alabama Reform School for Juvenile Negro Law-Breakers/Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children/Alabama Industrial School (est. 1908)
  • J. Walter Wood Treatment Facility at Mt. Meigs Campus
  • Kilby Prison/Kilby Correctional Center (est. 1923)
  • Mount Meigs Colored Institute / Montgomery County Training School
  • Mount Meigs Campus

Morgan County

Decatur

Decatur Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Hartzells

Morgan County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Pickens County

Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville (est. 2013)

Carrollton

Pickens County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Pike County

Banks

Banks Road Camp (est. 1927; closed before 1952)

Troy

Pike County Hospital (est. before 1910)
Troy Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1974)

Randolph County

Wedowee

Randolph County Pauper Farm (est. before 1910)

Russell County

Seale

Russell County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Shelby County

Aldrich

Aldrich Prison (est. 1913; closed 1928)

St. Clair County

Ashville

St. Clair County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Springville

St. Clair Correctional Facility

Sumter County

Livingston

Livingston Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
Sumter County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Talladega County

Childersburg

Childersburg Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Talladega

  • Alabama School for the Blind (est. about 1882)
  • Alabama School for the Deaf (est. about 1860)
  • Alabama School for the Negro Deaf and Blind (est. about 1892)
  • Federal Correctional Institution, Talladega (est. 1979)
  • Presbyterian Orphans’ Home (est. 1868)
  • Talladega County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Tallapoosa County

Alexander City

Alexander City Road Camp (est. 1927; closed 1972)

Dadeville

Tallapoosa County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Tuscaloosa County

Northport

Jemison Center/State Farm Colony for Negros (est. 1939; closed 1977)

Tuscaloosa

  • Bryce Hospital for the Insane/State Hospital (est. 1861; closed around 2008)
  • Partlow State School (est. 1923; closed 2011)
  • Tuscaloosa Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
  • Tuscaloosa County Almshouse (est. before 1910)

Washington County

Bigbee

Washington County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)

Chatom

Chatom Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)

Wilcox County

Camden

Camden Camp (est. around 1952; closed 1972)
Wilcox County Poorhouse (est. before 1910)