The Aldrich Coal Mine Museum is a

historical museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers ...

located in the former

company store A company store is a retail store selling a limited range of food, clothing and daily necessities to employees of a company. It is typical of a company town in a remote area where virtually everyone is employed by one firm, such as a coal mine. In ...

Montevallo, Alabama Montevallo is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. A college town, it is the home of the University of Montevallo, a public liberal arts university with approximately 3,000 students. As of the 2020 census, the population of the ci ...

. Aldrich was once a coal mining town, but is now a part of Montevallo. The museum contains historical photographs, artifacts, and displays from Aldrich's coal mine, churches, school, prison, stores, and post office. The only coal miner monument in

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is on display outside of the museum The museum is housed in the former Montevallo Mine Company

commissary A commissary is a government official charged with oversight or an ecclesiastical official who exercises in special circumstances the jurisdiction of a bishop. In many countries, the term is used as an administrative or police title. It often c ...

, containing the original sales counter and cash register, and documented by the

Historic American Engineering Record Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). It administers three programs established to document historic places in the United States: Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American E ...

as part of the

Birmingham District The Birmingham District is a geological area in the vicinity of Birmingham, Alabama, where the raw materials for making steel - limestone, iron ore, and coal - are found together in abundance. The district includes Red Mountain, Jones Valley, and ...

. The Montevallo Coal Mine Company Store is listed on the

Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage The Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage (ARLH), commonly referred to as the Alabama Register, is an official listing of buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts deemed worthy of preservation in the U.S. state of Alabama. These pr ...

Gallery

File:EXTERIOR VIEW, FRONT (WEST) FACADE. - Aldrich Commissary, 137 Shelby County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County, AL HAER ALA,59-ALDR,1-1.tif, Aldrich Commissary File:INTERIOR VIEW SHOWING HENRY EMFINGER'S MINING ARTIFACT COLLECTIONS. - Aldrich Commissary, 137 Shelby County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County, AL HAER ALA,59-ALDR,1-2.tif, Commissary interior

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Aldrich Coal Mine Museum
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