Helen Keller Home
Ivy Green is a historic house museum at 300 West North Commons in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. Built in 1820, it was the birthplace and childhood home of Helen Keller, who became well known after overcoming deaf-blind conditions to communicate; she became an author and public speaker.Photo: Jennifer Lee, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: house in Tuscumbia, Alabama; childhood home of Helen Keller
- Also known as: “Ivy Green”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include First Methodist Church (Tuscumbia, Alabama) and St. John’s Episcopal Church.
First Methodist Church (Tuscumbia, Alabama)
Church
Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
First Methodist Church (Tuscumbia, Alabama) is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Helen Keller Home.
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
St. John’s Episcopal Church is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Helen Keller Home.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuscumbia and Village Number 1.
Tuscumbia
Photo: Dailynetworks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuscumbia is a small town in northwest Alabama near Wheeler Lake and Wilson Lakes, best known as the birthplace of the famous deaf-blind activist and author, Helen Keller.
Village Number 1
Hamlet
Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Village Number 1, also known as The Village and Nitrate Plant Number 1 Reservation Subdivision, is an unincorporated community in Colbert County, Alabama, United States.
Sheffield
Town
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Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The population was 9,403 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 9,307 in 2023. Sheffield is situated 1½ miles north of Helen Keller Home.
Helen Keller Home
- Location: Colbert, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Helen Keller Home” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيفي غرين”
- Asturian: “Ivy Green”
- Cebuano: “Ivy Green”
- Spanish: “Ivy Green”
- Swahili: “Ivy Green”
- Swedish: “Ivy Green”
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