Royal Avenue Recreation Center

Royal Avenue Recreation Center is a community center in Lauderdale, Alabama. Royal Avenue Recreation Center is situated near Martin Park, as well as near Royal Avenue Church of Christ.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cherry Street Historic District and Rogers Department Store.

Cherry Street Historic District

Geographical marker

Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cherry Street Historic District is a historic district in Florence, Alabama. Florence was founded in 1818 and quickly prospered as a cotton shipping port on the Tennessee River, but did not see its greatest growth until the latter part of the 19th century. Cherry Street Historic District is situated 1,600 feet west of Royal Avenue Recreation Center.

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 4,000 feet southwest of Royal Avenue Recreation Center.

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 southwest of Royal Avenue Recreation Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Florence and Mars Hill.

Florence

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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.

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 Royal Avenue Recreation Center.

Sheffield

Town

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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 Royal Avenue Recreation Center.

Royal Avenue Recreation Center

Type: Community center
Category: building
Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.8093° or 34° 48′ 34″ north

Longitude

-87.66851° or 87° 40′ 7″ west

Open location code

866JR85J+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 446355744

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=community_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Martin Park and Royal Avenue Church of Christ.

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