The Postmaster, the Columns, and the City That Refused to Stay Small: The Story of the Dothan Federal Building

Front view of the Dothan Federal Building showing its six tall Doric columns, granite steps, and Classical Revival façade under a bright Alabama sky.

When Dusty and I found ourselves wandering the quiet early morning streets of Dothan after visiting the Cherry Street AME Church, we weren’t expecting to be stopped in our tracks by a federal building. But there it was — rising at the corner of West Troy and North Foster — a granite-anchored, column-crowned monument that … Read more