Popes Tavern Museum

Popes Tavern Museum is a museum in Lauderdale, Alabama which is located on Hermitage Drive. Popes Tavern Museum is situated nearby to the geographical marker Sannoner Historic District, as well as near the heritage site Southall Drugs.

Opening hours: Tuesday—Saturday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Also known as: “Pope’s Tavern Museum”
Address: 203 Hermitage Drive, Florence, AL 35630

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sannoner Historic District and Rogers Department Store.

Sannoner Historic District

Geographical marker

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The Sannoner Historic District is a historic district in Florence, Alabama. The district lies between downtown Florence and the University of North Alabama and is named for Ferdinand Sannoner, who surveyed the new town in 1818. Sannoner Historic District is situated 530 feet southwest of Popes Tavern Museum.

Rogers Department Store

Heritage site

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Rogers Department Store was a department store chain based in Florence, Alabama. Founded in 1894, the company grew to include locations across the Tennessee Valley. Rogers Department Store is situated 1,600 feet south of Popes Tavern Museum.

Southall Drugs

Heritage site

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Southall Drugs is a historic commercial building in Florence, Alabama. It was built in 1900 to house the pharmacy of Charles Morton Southall. The pharmacy operated until 1979, and was renovated in 1982 to have loft apartments on the second floor and retail on the ground floor. Southall Drugs is situated 1,500 feet south of Popes Tavern Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Florence and Sheffield.

Florence

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Florence is a city located in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner. It has a population of 40,184 in the 2020 census.

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 3½ miles south of Popes Tavern Museum.

Mars Hill

Hamlet

Mars Hill is a former unincorporated community that is now a neighborhood of the city of Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. The community contains the campus of Mars Hill Bible School. Mars Hill is situated 3½ miles north of Popes Tavern Museum.

Popes Tavern Museum

Categories: building, tourism, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.80505° or 34° 48′ 18″ north

Longitude

-87.67711° or 87° 40′ 38″ west

Elevation

577 feet (176 metres)

Open location code

866JR84F+25

OpenStreetMap ID

way 446025563

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

4084473

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