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Select... Architecture notebook 13: Southall Building, in Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 16: Karsner-Kennedy House, in Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 16: Pope's Tavern, in Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 19: Trinity Episcopal Church, in Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 33: Sharp Cabin, near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Architecture notebook 34: Koger House, west of Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 49: Rosenbaum House, in Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 53: Mitchell-Redd House, at 747 N. Wood Ave., Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 56: Wakefield, at 450 N. Court St., Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 57: House at 443 North Ward Ave., Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 57: W.C. Handy Log House and Museum, in Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 58: Musgrove House, at 4220 Jackson Road, Florence, Alabama. Architecture notebook 64: Forks of Cypress House in Florence, Ala. Architecture notebook 64: Forks of Cypress Slave quarters in Florence, Ala. Architecture notebook 66: Mars Hill House in Florence, Ala. Architecture notebook 66: Waterloo Log House near Florence, Ala. Architecture notebook 68: Building at corner of Court Street and Tennessee Street in Florence, Ala. Mower, B. F. to Cabaniss, Charles Eugene, 1880-1881
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Select... "Wakefield," or Zac Abramson Residence, built in 1825 by James Sample. Thought to be the first brick residence in Florence, Wakefield was built with Adamesque detail. Prominent visitors include William L. Yancey and General Steven D. Lee. Located at 450 N. Court St., Florence, Alabama. Built around 1880-1890. Brick construction, sashes and windows were cut out around the 1950s. Previously the First National Bank of Florence and a jewelry store. Located at the corner of Court and Tennessee streets in Florence, Ala. Dogtrot cabin built between 1820-1840. Trot enclosed between 1890-1910. Located at Mars Hill near Florence, Ala. Dogtrot log house built between 1850-1870 near Route 2 in Florence, Ala. Eastlake Style Victorian House, Tom White Residence (1995) built c. 1890. An apartment was added later to the existing floor plan, year unknown of addition. A detached garage was added between 1915 and 1925 but it was later demolished. Located at 443 North Ward Ave., Florence, Alabama. Karsner-Kennedy House, also known as The Flying Carpet shop, built c. 1825. Located in Florence, Alabama. Koger House, built c. 1830. Federal Period. Located on Smithsonian and Rhodesville Roads west of Florence, Alabama. Mitchell House, or the Mitchen-Redd House, built in the 1830s. Once known as the Jonesboro Place. Plantation style cottage. Located at 747 N. Wood Ave., Florence, Alabama. Musgrove Residence, built in 1994 by Jones and Herrin, Architects. Located at 4220 Jackson Road, Florence, Alabama. Pope's Tavern, built c. 1830 by Leroy Pope. Federal style. Located in Florence, Alabama. Ruins of 1820s plantation house at the Forks of the Cypress. Ruins consists of 23 columns made onsite by slave labor. Off Jackson Road in Lauderdale County, Ala. Saddlebag style slave cabin c. 1820s. Only the chimney remained by 1998. Off Jackson Road in Lauderdale County, Ala. Sharp Cabin, built c. 1830. Federal Period log house. Built either by Samuel Gray or Adrian Sharp of Petersburg, Virginia. Originaly located on Brush Creek Rd. in northwest Lauderdale County, Alabama, moved to Savannah Rd. near Florence, Alabama in 1991. Southall Building. Located in Florence, Alabama. The Rosenbaum House, built in 1940 by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum as newlyweds. Located in Florence, Alabama. Trinity Episcopal Church, built 1894. Late Gothic Revival style. Located in Florence, Alabama. W.C. Handy Log House and Museum, built in the early 19th century. Home of W.C. Handy, famous blues composer born in 1873. Popular compositions such as "St. Louis Woman" and "Bride St. Blues" were composed here. It was rebuilt in the 1960s on the current site with the addition of the museum. Only the logs of the actual house remain authentic from when W.C. Handy owned the house. Located in Florence, Alabama.
