Does anyone know the dates or approximate dates the big houses that once faced Queen City Ave. but were turned to face the street & other houses built on the street? Such as 1601 Alaca Place? It is remarkable they could turn those houses like that which had to be quite a long time ago. My family rented the upstairs of 1601 Alaca Place from about 1931 to 1940 & I never heard of this from them growing up. Thank you, Tommy Stuart

 As far as I know, of the 7 houses with driveways on the 1887 map which were built south of 7th Street facing west in Section 23 east of Queen City Avenue, only 2 were ever moved to face in a different direction: Miller-Harrison-Laseter, 1601 Alaca Place and Foster-Cummings, 1600 Dearing Place. Moving the Miller-Harrison-Laseter House began in June of 1920 when W.S. Wyman bought the house and surrounding 4 and a half acres, rolled the house to the rear of the property and subdivided it into 25 fifty foot front by 140 foot deep lots. I'll post the June 15, 1920 Tuscaloosa News article about the purchase and plans for the subdivision on the blog right now!