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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7X_hoover_Hoover-AL.html
The City of Hoover was founded in 1967 by William H. Hoover and consisted of four city blocks and only 410 citizens. Hoover grew rapidly in the following 43 years to more than 75,000 residents within 50 square miles, making it the sixth largest ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP80_vestavia-hills-baptist-church-george-ward-1867-1940_Vestavia-Hills-AL.html
Vestavia Hills Baptist ChurchVestavia Hills Baptist Church, constituted May 6, 1957, first met at Vestavia Hills City Hall. The church purchased the George Ward estate in 1958. On the property was Ward's home, "Vestavia," a replica of a Roman temp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7Z_sibyl-temple_Birmingham-AL.html
Side ASibyl Temple was moved to this site from its original location in 1975. George Ward built it on the brow of his 20-acre mountaintop "Vestavia" estate in 1929. It marked the entrance to the lower 10 acres where he planned a wildflower and bir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGU5_a-history-of-vestavia-hills_Vestavia-Hills-AL.html
In 1924, George Ward, a former mayor of Birmingham, 1905-1909, 1913-1914, visited the City of Rome, Italy. He was so intrigued by the unique beauty of the Temple of the Vestal Virgins on a Roman hilltop that he vowed to build a replica of it on a …