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Pope’s Tavern in Florence Alabama

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:50:00 +0000

Pope's Tavern, built as a stagecoach stop and tavern is now a museum on Hermitage Drive in Florence. According to the museum's website, Andrew Jackson stayed at the inn on his way to the Battle of New Orleans.

Archeological evidence suggests that the first building burned at some point, and while no exact date of construction is known for the current building, construction of the one-and-a-half-story, eight-room, Federal-style structure began sometime in the 1830s or 1840s.

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Sweetwater Mansion

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 12:00:08 +0000

Sweetwater Mansion Sweetwater Mansion History Sweetwater Mansion (also known as the Governor Robert Patton House), located in Florence, Alabama, is a plantation house designed by General John Brahan of the Alabama Militia. A veteran of the War of 1812, Brahan owned more than 4,000 acres in eastern Lauderdale County, Alabama. The eight room home was […]

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McFarland Park

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 10:36:50 +0000

McFarland Park Address: 200 James M Spain Dr, Florence, AL 35630 Phone: (256) 740-8817 On March 12, 1780, the Donelson Expedition, led by Captain John Donelson, camped below the shoals at McFarland Bottoms. The area was to become what is known today as McFarland Park and McFarland Bottoms or McFarland Bottoms Park. McFarland Park is […]

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FLORENCE ALABAMA

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 06:34:01 +0000

Florence is the merger point for two major U.S. Highways, as well as several Alabama Highways. Both U.S. Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 72 merge just east of the city limits in Killen, and are co-signed their entire length through the city.

Highway 43, running north and south, helps connect the city to Lawrenceburg and Columbia to the north in Tennessee, as well as Tuscaloosa and Mobile to the south. Highway 72 helps connect the city to Huntsville and Chattanooga, Tennessee to the east and Memphis, Tennessee to the west.

Interstate 65 is accessible about forty-five minutes east on Highway 72. Both of these roads cross the Tenneessee River on O'Neal Bridge, connecting Florence to Sheffield.

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