Ivy Green

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.

Places of Interest

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.

St. John’s Episcopal Church

Church

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

First Baptist Church (Tuscumbia, Alabama)

Church

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuscumbia and Village Number 1.

Tuscumbia

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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 Ivy Green.

Ivy Green

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Colbert, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.73982° or 34° 44′ 23″ north

Longitude

-87.7064° or 87° 42′ 23″ west

Elevation

492 feet (150 metres)

Open location code

866JP7QV+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 440211511

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

7304658

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Spanish: “Ivy Green”

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