Downtown Florence Historic District
Downtown Florence Historic District is an area in Lauderdale, Alabama. Downtown Florence Historic District is situated nearby to the area Locust Street Historic District, as well as near Sannoner Historic District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rogers Department Store and Downtown Florence Historic District.
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.
Downtown Florence Historic District
Geographical marker
Photo: Themidnite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Florence Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Florence, Alabama. Florence was founded in 1818 by the Cypress Land Company, who counted among its trustees Creek War General John Coffee, future Governor of Alabama Thomas Bibb, early Huntsville settler LeRoy Pope, and future United States Senator and Supreme Court Justice John McKinley.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florence and Sheffield.
Florence
Photo: Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner, and had a population of 40,184 in the 2020 census.
Sheffield
Village
Photo: SistahFee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2½ miles southwest of Downtown Florence Historic District.
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 Downtown Florence Historic District.
Downtown Florence Historic District
- Type: Area
- Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.80015° or 34° 48′ 1″ northLongitude
-87.6759° or 87° 40′ 33″ westElevation
568 feet (173 metres)Open location code
866JR82F+3JGeoNames ID
11496979
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Downtown Florence Historic District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Downtown Florence Historic District”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Locust Street Historic District and Sannoner Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wilson Park and Popes Tavern Museum.
Alabama: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Montgomery, Birmingham, Mobile, and Huntsville.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Photo: Latics, CC BY-SA 2.0.