. Memories of old Cahaba . t ofFirst South Street. This ravine was spanned by alarge frame bridge on Capitol Avenue and one also onWalnut Street. On Vine Street it was crossed by adirt bridge, built over a brick culvert. Just above the banks of the ravine, across from thebusiness part of the town, on the west side of VineStreet, was the Burwell Gibson place, which in thesixties became the home of Judge Fambro. At thedeath of Mrs. Fambro she willed this place to thePresbyterian Church as a parsonage. Across Vine Street, in front of the Fambro place,were several vacant lots on which stood a numb
. Memories of old Cahaba . t ofFirst South Street. This ravine was spanned by alarge frame bridge on Capitol Avenue and one also onWalnut Street. On Vine Street it was crossed by adirt bridge, built over a brick culvert. Just above the banks of the ravine, across from thebusiness part of the town, on the west side of VineStreet, was the Burwell Gibson place, which in thesixties became the home of Judge Fambro. At thedeath of Mrs. Fambro she willed this place to thePresbyterian Church as a parsonage. Across Vine Street, in front of the Fambro place,were several vacant lots on which stood a number ofgigantic pines. Beyond these lots at the end of ThirdSouth Street, on the banks of the Alabama River, wasthe cottage home of Judge James Evans, surroundedby broad galleries and the same growth of aged pinetrees. The waters of the artesian well on this placewere strongly impregnated with sulphur. Opposite theEvans place was the cottage of Mrs. Sallie Bush, witha yard full of beautiful flowers at all seasons of ST. LUKES CHURCH, CAHABA, ALA,
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