Water Avenue Historic District

The Water Avenue Historic District is a 10-acre historic district in , , United States. It is centered on Water Avenue in downtown.
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Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edmund Pettus Bridge and Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in , United States. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.

Church
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in , , United States. This church was a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and, as the meeting place and offices of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the Selma Movement, played a major role in the events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Museum
The and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in , which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selma.

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
is a city in . has the distinction of being a notable place in the pages of history, for its role in the Civil War and doubly-so for its role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Water Avenue Historic District

Latitude
32.40795° or 32° 24′ 29″ north
Longitude
-87.01424° or 87° 0′ 51″ west
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
Open location code
864JCX5P+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358985312
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­district
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4096479
Wiki­data ID
Q14679597
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Depot Museum and Riverside Park.

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