This old postcard shows the then home of Louisa A. Jemison in the right-foreground. Elbert Sevier Jemison and his wife, Louisa A. (McElderry) Jemison, retired back to Talladega after a successful business career in New York and Texas. Elbert, unfortunately, passed away soon after settling back in Talladega. Louisa built this mansion on the corner of South and Cherry Streets in 1898, following the death of her husband. "Aunt Lou" spent the remainder of her life as a philanthropist, donating her time and resources to better the town of Talladega. She donated the land and $10,000 toward building the City's library, the Jemison-Carnegie Library, which still stands in town. The mansion was later purchased by Eva and Robert Purefoy, owners of the famous Purefoy Hotel in Talladega. The Jemison-Purefoy Mansion is now the property of the adjacent Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (AIDB), where it now serves as a dormitory.