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Formed in 1992, The Montgomery County Historical Society, a tax-exempt non-profit organization housed within the Figh Pickett Barnes School House, has been collecting, documenting, and sharing Montgomery County’s rich history. The Historical Society also seeks to collect and preserve the records of its historic house, the former early twenty-century home of the Barnes School for Boys.

 

Thank You for the Support!

January 13th, 2026|

The Montgomery County Historical Society is grateful for funding from local, state, and regional grant and government funders. As we begin 2026, we would like to recognize and thank those supporters. Alabama Historical Commission, Alabama Humanities Alliance, Alabama State Council of the Arts, The City of Montgomery, and Montgomery County.

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MCHS Receives $75K Alabama Historical Commission Grant

June 11th, 2025|

The Montgomery County Historical Society was recently awarded a $75,000 grant from the Alabama Historical Commission in July of 2025 to transform the third floor of the historic Figh-Pickett House into a permanent interpretive exhibit space, create original educational materials, and expand public programming that connects Montgomery County’s local history to the broader story of Alabama. The funds [...]

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It's TAX DAY! Tax Day, the annual deadline for filing U.S. federal income tax returns, has been on April 15 since 1955, designed to give taxpayers and the IRS more time to process returns. The first federal income tax Form 1040 was introduced for the tax year 1913, following the 16th Amendment. The 1913 form was a four-page document (including instructions) featuring a 1% normal tax on income over $3,000, with super-tax rates up to 6% on higher incomes.
Anne Wilson Goldthwaite: American painter, printmaker, educator, and advocate for women’s rights and civil rights Anne was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1869. After her parents’ early passing, her uncle, Henry Goldthwaite, offered to support her financially for up to ten years if she moved to New York City to study art. She enrolled at the National Academy of Design, where she studied etching and painting. In 1906, Goldthwaite traveled to Paris to pursue her interest in early modern painting styles. While sketching in Luxembourg Gardens one day, she met the American writer, Gertrude Stein. This meeting gave Goldthwaite the opportunity to join the art circles of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. In 1913, her oil painting, The House on the Hill, was included in the famous Armory Show in New York City. Her work was displayed alongside many of the world’s most renowned artists, including Mary Cassatt, Cézanne, Degas, Van Gogh, Robert Henri, Edward Hopper, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, and Renoir. From 1922 to 1944, Goldthwaite would return to Montgomery during the summers, a time that remained a rich source of inspiration for her genre scenes of the South. Included in the current exhibit at Figh-Pickett House through April 30th: “Untitled Landscape with Mule,” n.d., Watercolor on paper, from the collection of Dr. Gearld A. Anderson, II. Visit Tuesday through Thursday from 9 AM until 4 PM. Closed on federal holidays.

  • Montgomery County Historical Society
    Figh-Pickett House
    512 S. Court St.
    Montgomery, AL 36104

  • Montgomery County Historical Society
    PO Box 1829
    Montgomery, AL 36102

  • Public Hours: Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Closed on State and Federal holidays

  • Phone: 334.264.1837

  • info@mchsal.org

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