The Vaughan-Smitherman Museum in Selma, Dallas County, was built in 1847 as the Central Masonic Institute, a school for orphaned or abandoned children of its members. Over its lifetime, it has served as a Confederate and Freedman's Bureau hospital, the Dallas County Courthouse, a military school, and finally Vaughan Memorial Hospital from 1911 to 1960. (Source: Encyclopedia of Alabama)
109 Union Street, Selma, AL 36701 View Map