Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center
Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center is a museum in Jackson, Alabama which is located on South Houston Street. Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center is situated nearby to the fire station Scottsboro Fire Department Station 1, as well as near the town hall Scottsboro City Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center and Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field.
Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center
Museum
The Scottsboro Boys Museum is located at 428 West Willow Street in Scottsboro, Alabama, in the United States. Its focus is on the Scottsboro Boys case, which involved nine young African American men falsely accused in 1931 of raping two white women while hoboing aboard a freight train. Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center.
Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Scottsboro Municipal Airport, also known as Word Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Scottsboro, a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Scottsboro Municipal Airport-Word Field is situated 2 miles northeast of Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scottsboro and Hollywood.
Scottsboro
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Scottsboro is in the Mountains region of Alabama and is the seat of Jackson County, having enlivened a railroad mode of commerce there. It is a memorial to a seemingly rare instance where civil rights prevailed in the otherwise rather torn history of equality in this country, in a case known as the Scottsboro Boys.
Hollywood
Village
Hollywood is a town in Jackson County, northeast Alabama, United States. In 2020, the census showed a population of 914 residents. Hollywood is considered a suburb of Scottsboro, the county seat. Hollywood is situated 5 miles northeast of Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center.
Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center
- Type: Museum
- Address: 208 South Houston Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Jackson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.67204° or 34° 40′ 19″ northLongitude
-86.03771° or 86° 2′ 16″ westOpen location code
866MMXC6+RWOpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
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