Old Confederate Fort
Old Confederate Fort is a geographical marker in Lauderdale, Alabama. Old Confederate Fort is situated nearby to Oakdale United Methodist Church, as well as near Florence Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rosenbaum House and Rogers Department Store.
Rosenbaum House
Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Rosenbaum House is a single-family house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built for Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum in Florence, Alabama, United States. Rosenbaum House is situated 1 mile southwest of Old Confederate Fort.
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 3,900 feet west of Old Confederate Fort.
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 3,900 feet west of Old Confederate Fort.
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
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 southwest of Old Confederate Fort.
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 Old Confederate Fort.
Old Confederate Fort
- Type: Geographical marker
- Category: historic site
- Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.79952° or 34° 47′ 58″ northLongitude
-87.66386° or 87° 39′ 50″ westOpen location code
866JQ8XP+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4423933100OpenStreetMap feature
historic=marker
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Notable Places Nearby
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