Cherry Street Historic District
The Cherry Street Historic District is a historic district in Florence, Alabama. Florence was founded in 1818 and quickly prospered as a cotton shipping port on the Tennessee River, but did not see its greatest growth until the latter part of the 19th century.Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rogers Department Store and Southall Drugs.
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 3,500 feet south of Cherry Street Historic District.
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 3,400 feet south of Cherry Street Historic District.
George H. Carroll Lion Habitat
University building
The George H. Carroll Lion Habitat is a 12,764-square-foot, climate-controlled facility located on the campus the University of North Alabama, US that previously housed the only live lion mascots in the United States, Leo III and Una. George H. Carroll Lion Habitat is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Cherry Street Historic District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florence and Mars Hill.
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.
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 3 miles north of Cherry Street Historic District.
Sheffield
Town
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 3½ miles south of Cherry Street Historic District.
Cherry Street Historic District
- Type: Geographical marker
- Description: listed on the NRHP in Alabama
- Categories: historic district and historic site
- Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.80984° or 34° 48′ 35″ northLongitude
-87.67366° or 87° 40′ 25″ westOpen location code
866JR85G+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4423775043OpenStreetMap feature
historic=markerWikidata ID
Q18205959
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