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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNK0_ante-bellum-cotton-mills-1840_Florence-AL.html
About one mile west of here is the site of the Globe Cotton Factory which was erected on Cypress Creek in 1840, By 1857 its operations included three cotton mills, a flour mill, and two corn mills, all powered by the use of three dams. By 1860 the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJZ_lone-cedar-church-of-christ-1898_Florence-AL.html
Christians first met here in a log building which also served as a schoolhouse. In 1909 a frame building was constructed. Because of a single cedar tree in prominent view, it was given the name Lone Cedar by Wilbert M (Will) Behel, an early dedica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJY_trinity-episcopal-church-1894_Florence-AL.html
Episcopal services in Florence began in 1824. Rev. Thomas Armstrong Cook organized Trinity Episcopal Church in 1836. The original building, on the northwest corner of College and Cedar Streets, was consecrated Feb. 23, 1845, by Bishop Nicholas Ham…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJT_seminary-o-neal-historic-district_Florence-AL.html
Named for the O'Neal family which produced two Alabama governors and for seminary the street on which Synodical Female College was located, the Seminary-O'Neal Historic District was added to the Nation Register of Historic Places in 1995. Built be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJO_the-american-legion_Florence-AL.html
Side AThe American Legion, an organization of U.S. War Veterans was founded in Paris, France, March 15~17, 1919 by delegates from combat and service units of the American Expeditionary Force assembled in response to a call by a committee headed by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIS_lauderdale-county_Florence-AL.html
A County Older Than the StateLauderdale Countycreated Feb. 6, 1818by Alabama Territorial Legislature (Alabama became a state in 1819).
Named for Col. James Lauderdale, cavalryman under Gen. John Coffee and Andrew Jackson, War of 1812; Killed in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIQ_dred-scott_Florence-AL.html
Dred Scott, whose name is associated with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision of 1857, was born in Virginia between 1795~1809. In 1818 he was in Madison County, Alabama. He came to Florence with the Peter Blow family in 1820. About…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIM_downtown-florence-historic-district_Florence-AL.html
From the time Florence was established in 1818, a slow but steady growth occurred. In the late 1880s the town's population increased by 500 percent as an industrial boom began. This area became the core of the business district. Most of the struct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIL_sannoner-historic-district-medical-arts-building_Florence-AL.html
Built in 1826 in the Spanish Revival architectural style, this is the first structure in Florence erected with a steel skeleton supporting the floors, walls and roof. The framework is strong enough to support two more stories than were actually bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIK_southall-drugs_Florence-AL.html
Charles Morton Southall (1864-1952) constructed this Commercial Italianate style building in 1900 of the finest materials for his wholesale/retail drug business. The elegant interior by Charles Hester, New York City, contained the area's first rub…