Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area is a museum in Lauderdale, Alabama. Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area is situated nearby to the university building Rogers Hall, as well as near the theater building George S. Lindsey Theatre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rogers Hall and Sannoner Historic District.
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 350 feet northwest of Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area.
Sannoner Historic District
Geographical marker
Photo: Burkeanwhig, Public domain.
The Sannoner Historic District is a historic district in Florence, Alabama. The district lies between downtown Florence and the University of North Alabama and is named for Ferdinand Sannoner, who surveyed the new town in 1818. Sannoner Historic District is situated 550 feet south of Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area.
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 1,800 feet south of Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florence and Sheffield.
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.
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 south of Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area.
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 3½ miles north of Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area.
Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
- Type: Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.80526° or 34° 48′ 19″ northLongitude
-87.67876° or 87° 40′ 44″ westOpen location code
866JR84C+4FOpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include George S. Lindsey Theatre and Sannoner Historic District.
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