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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNII_city-of-florence_Florence-AL.html
Florence was surveyed for the Cypress Land Company in 1818 by Ferdinand Sannoner and named for the famous capital of Tuscany. The county seat of Lauderdale County, it was first incorporated in 1826. Located at the foot of Muscle Shoals, it became …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIE_town-of-killen_Killen-AL.html
[Side 1:] The area known as Killen in Lauderdale County, was settled in the early 1800s. In 1826, Joseph Mason was appointed the first postmaster of the new community called Masonville, later to become Killen. The post office existed until 1866.I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM36_deibert-park_Florence-AL.html
This park was donated to the people of Florence by Dr. Kirk R. and Lillian Cook Deibert who initially acquired this property in 1952. The acreage was once a part of a large ante-bellum plantation owned by Judge Sidney Cherry Posey. In 1875 his hei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLVI_wheeler-rifles_Florence-AL.html
Prior to the repeal of the Militia Act in 1902, states maintained their own militia. One of the last militia in Florence and Lauderdale County was the Wheeler Rifles. Organized in 1888, under the command of Captain Julian Fields, it was named for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLVG_macedonia-church-of-christ_Florence-AL.html
Tracing its roots to the early 1800's. The Macedonia Baptist Church originally met in homes with Joseph Fanning, visiting evangelist. In 1834, J.W. Smith supervised a building on this site. In 1880, T.B. Larimore, an evangelsit among Churches of C…