George H. Carroll Lion Habitat

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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rogers Hall and Flowers Hall.

Rogers Hall

University building

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Rogers Hall, also known as Courtview, is a three-story antebellum house at 500 Court Street in Florence, Alabama. It was built by enslaved people from 1854 to 1855. Rogers Hall is situated 710 feet southwest of George H. Carroll Lion Habitat.

Flowers Hall

Sports venue

CB&S Bank Arena at Flowers Hall, built in 1972, is a 3,000 seat multipurpose arena located in Florence, Alabama. It is used primarily for basketball and volleyball, and is the home of the University of North Alabama Lions basketball and volleyball teams. Flowers Hall is situated 1,700 feet west of George H. Carroll Lion Habitat.

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 2,500 feet south of George H. Carroll Lion Habitat.

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 George H. Carroll Lion Habitat.

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 George H. Carroll Lion Habitat.

George H. Carroll Lion Habitat

Type: University building
Description: lion enclosure in North Alabama, US
Categories: geographical feature, building, and education
Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.80746° or 34° 48′ 27″ north

Longitude

-87.67812° or 87° 40′ 41″ west

Open location code

866JR84C+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 443666503

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q5540007

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