The American Legion

The American Legion is a historic site in Lauderdale, Alabama. The American Legion is situated nearby to the government office Lauderdale Veterans Affairs, as well as near Florence-Lauderdale County Emergency Communitcation District.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rogers Department Store and Rosenbaum House.

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 1,300 feet northwest of The American Legion.

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 2,500 feet southwest of The American Legion.

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 1,400 feet northwest of The American Legion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Florence and Sheffield.

Florence

Photo: Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Florence is a city located in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner. It has 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 3 miles southwest of The American Legion.

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 4 miles north of The American Legion.

The American Legion

Type: Sign
Categories: information, tourism, historic site, and geographical marker
Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.79765° or 34° 47′ 52″ north

Longitude

-87.67454° or 87° 40′ 28″ west

Open location code

866JQ8XG+35

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4425264189

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=marker

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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