Wood Avenue Historic District - Florence, AL
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This historic marker for the Wood Avenue Historic District is located on Wood Ave. near Tuscaloosa St., Florence, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WMHG0X
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2013
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Wood Avenue Historic District
A Residential neighborhood primarily developed between 1880 and 1930.
The district contains elaborate Queen Anne, classic Georgian Revival and the more modest Bungalow styles of architecture as well as two homes of the Plantation Cotton style dating from the 1820's. Notable residents of Wood Avenue, formerly Market Street, were, Tom Sirbing, Pulitzer Prize winning author, George Geothals, Chief engineer of the Panama Canal and Helen Keller who resided on Wood Avenue while attending public school.
The neighborhood has experienced very little change since the early 1900's.
Erected by Florence Historical Board Florence Alabama.
More information:
Wikipedia -
George Washington Goethals
Wikipedia -
Helen Adams Keller