Ugly jugs are used to keep children away from alcohol or poisonous liquids.

It was thought that a mean or ugly face on the jug would keep children away from it.

The Neal Kitchen at the Village is a “southern kitchen,” in that it was separate from the main house.

This was done for fire protection and to keep the smoke and smells away from the living space.

The first complete printing of the Constitution of the State of Alabama was printed by John Boardman.

A recreation of Boardman’s print shop, where he also printed one of the early newspapers of the Alabama Territory, “Alabama Republican”, is located at the Village.

Before the cabinet shop at the Village was used as the meeting place for the Constitutional Convention, it served as the location of the first professional theater in Alabama.

To starch your clothes the old-fashioned way, you would have to boil potatoes, drain the starch from the vegetable, pat it onto clothes and let dry overnight before ironing.

Alabama’s first incorporated library is housed at the Village.

Library subscribers were once allowed to check out and return books one hour a day, two days a week.

The Alabama state constitution was signed in Huntsville in 1819 in the exact spot where Constitution Hall stands today.