W.C. Handy Home and Museum

W.C. Handy Home and Museum is a museum in Lauderdale, Alabama which is located on West College Street. W.C. Handy Home and Museum is situated nearby to Greater Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as near Bible Deliverance Church.

Opening hours: Tuesday—Saturday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Address: 620 West College Street, Florence, AL 35630

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 1,700 feet southeast of W.C. Handy Home and Museum.

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 3,100 feet northeast of W.C. Handy Home and Museum.

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 3,100 feet northeast of W.C. Handy Home and Museum.

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 2½ miles south of W.C. Handy Home and Museum.

Muscle Shoals

Town

Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2020 census, Muscle Shoals had a population of 16,275. Muscle Shoals is situated 4 miles southeast of W.C. Handy Home and Museum.

W.C. Handy Home and Museum

Categories: building, tourism, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.79585° or 34° 47′ 45″ north

Longitude

-87.68515° or 87° 41′ 7″ west

Elevation

541 feet (165 metres)

Open location code

866JQ8W7+8W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 445092207

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

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tourism=museum

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