PRESS RELEASE - For Release 7/8/2024

Media Contact: Mary Amelia Taylor

maryamelia.taylor@archives.alabama.gov

(334) 353-4692

Montgomery, AL (07/08/2024) – The Alabama Department of Archives & History (ADAH) will continue its 2024 Food for Thought lunchtime lecture series on Thursday, July 18, at 12:00pm CT. Christy Anderson will present Documenting the Architecture of the Everyday in Alabama in the ADAH’s Joseph M. Farley Alabama Power Auditorium in Montgomery. Admission is FREE. The lecture will also be livestreamed on the ADAH’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, and a recording will be available after the program.

In the early years of historic preservation, buildings first deemed worthy of protection tended to be large, architecturally elaborate houses, typically the homes of prominent individuals in a community. Anderson will discuss the evolving nature of historic preservation as the profession seeks to understand communities through the architecture of lesser-known historic buildings and their stories. The presentation will examine examples from across the state to explore the importance of common and often-overlooked places that exist in all of our communities. 

A native of Indiana, Anderson holds a bachelor of arts in Anthropology from the College of Wooster and a master of arts in Public History, with a concentration in Historic Preservation, from the University of South Carolina. She moved to Montgomery to join the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) as the state coordinator for the National Register of Historic Places. After five years with the AHC, Anderson joined the City of Montgomery as a long-range planner for downtown revitalization projects, eventually assuming the role of historic preservation coordinator for the City. She returned to the AHC in 2022 to reprise her role as the National Register coordinator and manager of the AHC easement program.

For additional information, contact Alex Colvin at alex.colvin@archives.alabama.gov or (334) 353-4689. A complete schedule of our 2024 lunchtime lecture series is available at archives.alabama.gov. Food for Thought 2024 is sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Friends of the Alabama Archives.

The Alabama Department of Archives and History is the state’s government-records repository, a special-collections library and research facility, and home to the Museum of Alabama, the state history museum. It is located in downtown Montgomery, directly across Washington Avenue from the State Capitol. The Museum of Alabama is open Monday through Saturday from 8:30am to 4:30pm. The EBSCO Research Room is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30am to 4:30pm. To learn more, visit www.archives.alabama.gov or call (334) 242-4364.

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