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Maxwell-Peters Home

  • Capt. William Marcus Peters, MD - WWI Silver Star and Silver Star Presidential Commendation
  • Portrait of my Great-great grandmother Mary McMurtrey Maxwell, circa 1840
  • Char burns in dining room floor from a local saw mill burned by Union Brigadier General John T. Croxton in 1865, during his raid to burn the University of Alabama
  • Captain Peters, MD medical bag and medical instruments, circa 1905, used while chasing Mexican revolutionary Poncho Villa, serving in Rainbow Division during WWI, prison doctor at Kilby Prison, treating patients during a 1930 influenza epidemic, and treating victims of 1932 Tornado
  • Gold pocket watch given to Pearl Virginia Maxwell for Christmas in 1885
  • Crow foot porcelain iron tub circa 1885
  • Letter from Alabama Historical Commission in 1975, listing the home on The Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
  • 1998 Preservation Award from Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society
  • Football autographed by the two (2) participants in one of the 10 Most Memorable Plays in College Football. This is the only item ever autographed by both participants. The play occurred in the January 1, 1954, Cotton Bowl in Dallas, between Alabama Crimson Tide and Rice Owls.