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Alabama Places and Spaces
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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An account of the resource
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Auburn University
Keith S. Hebert
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Auburn University
University of North Alabama
Alabama Cultural Resource
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Kirkland's Dress Shop
Subject
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Historic Businesses; Historic Shops; Tuscumbia; Colbert County; Alabama
Description
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The building originally known as G & J Sutherland's Store is the only remaining building of Mechanic's Row in Tuscumbia and is the oldest known commercial building in the State of Alabama. Thomas Keenan, David Deshler, J.M. Moore, Dr. Wharton, James Conner, and Gurnee & James Trimble were early store operators in Mechanics Row.
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Jacob Grandstaff, University of North Alabama
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The Heritage of Colbert County. Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc., 1999, 6, 7.
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Date
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November 27, 2015
Alabama
Colbert County
Historic Businesses
Historic Shops
Tuscumbia
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Alabama Places and Spaces
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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An account of the resource
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Auburn University
Keith S. Hebert
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Auburn University
University of North Alabama
Alabama Cultural Resource
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Old Opera House
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Historic Businesses; Sheffield, Colbert County; Alabama; Old Opera Houses; Historic Buildings
Description
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In 1835, William Young and his brother Isaac Smoot, a contractor, bought a lot on what is today the corner of Fourth and Main Streets in Tuscumbia for the purpose of opening a carriage factory. They constructed a large red brick building with a porch supported by large columns on the west side. The roomy second floor was used as a show room for Mr. Young's carriages. This business was known as 'Young's Coach Shop” and sometimes the “Old Carriage House" until the 1880s when it was purchased by A. J. Lloyd who had moved to Tuscumbia from Kentucky. Mr. Lloyd used the first floor to house the local post office and the second floor he used for an opera house. From then on, the building was referred to as “The Old Opera House.” In addition to locals who performed plays and minstrel shows, the theater was also used by traveling theater companies and vaudeville troops. General Tom Thumb, the circus midget, was possibly the most famous to visit The Old Opera House.
In 1897, the new Tuscumbia library which had been meeting at the Deshler Female Institute purchased the building through a third party. In 1897, the theater was closed for renovations and reopened two years later. The library occupied a portion of the first floor while the rest was rented to local businesses. The upstairs continued to serve as the town performance center.
In 1908, the Colbert County Courthouse burned and the library offered the upstairs as the temporary court house until a new one could be built because the theater was not used during the summer. The county offices ended up remaining here until a new court house was built. The Old Opera House also housed the post office from 1915-1936 for which the U.S. Government rented part of the building. When the post office moved out, the library moved downstairs.
In order to afford its new building on the corner of N. Main and N. Commons Streets, the library was forced to sell the Old Opera House building. The library hoped it would be preserved as a public meeting house or museum. The U.S. Department of Interior had recognized the building for its historical and architectural value. The architecture was reminiscent of colonial Williamsburg and throughout its history had housed a carriage factory, an opera house, a furniture store, a high school auditorium, courthouse, library, bus station, attorney's office, as well as numerous other locally-owned shops throughout the years. However, efforts to preserve the building were not successful and the building was sold to State National Bank, whose name was later changed to Central Bank of Alabama. The building was demolished and replaced with a newer bank building.
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Jacob Grandstaff, University of North Alabama
Source
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Journal of Muscle Shoals History. Tennessee Valley Historical Society 9 (1981).
Young's Coach Shop Image courtesy of: "Florence Times," May 22, 1960.
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Date
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November 27, 2015
Alabama
Colbert County
Historic Buildings
Historic Businesses
Old Opera Houses
Sheffield
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Alabama Places and Spaces
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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An account of the resource
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Auburn University
Keith S. Hebert
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Auburn University
University of North Alabama
Alabama Cultural Resource
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Palace Drug Store
Subject
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Historic Businesses; Drug Stores; Colbert County; Alabama
Description
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This building was built in 1833. It was originally known as "The Railroad Hotel." and later as "The Major Pope Railroad Hotel." The word railroad was added because the hotel became a popular resting place for rail travelers even before the Civil War.
The soda fountain was established in 1906 and appeared much the same as it does today. Early in the 20th century, it became a favorite meeting spot for Deshler High School students and was even owned at one point by Tuscumbia's own David Deshler.
Harvey Robbins frequented the location with fellow Deshler students in the 1950s and it is where he also met his future wife, Joyce McKinney. In later years, dismayed at the idleness and dilapidation of their former hang-out spot, they purchased the store and remodeling began in 2000. It opened for business in 2001, restored to its former 1950s look and offering the same fast food, shakes, and ice cream sodas that were served there in decades past.
Creator
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Jacob Grandstaff, University of North Alabama
Source
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The Heritage of Colbert County. Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc., 1999, 7.
Publisher
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Date
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December 7, 2015
Alabama
Colbert County
Drug Stores
Historic Businesses
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Alabama Places and Spaces
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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An account of the resource
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Auburn University
Keith S. Hebert
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Auburn University
University of North Alabama
Alabama Cultural Resource
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Planter's Hotel
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Historic Businesses; Historic Buildings; Colbert County; Alabama
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This structure was completed in 1839 on the northeast corner of 5th and Main Streets. John L. McRae was in involved in its construction. It was a three story brick building and competed with the Franklin House with its livery stable located just north of the hotel on Main Street. Fire destroyed the inside of the building in the early 1950s and the third story was not rebuilt when the bulding was restored. The building still stands today, but is not a hotel.
Creator
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Jacob Grandstaff, University of North Alabama
Source
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The Heritage of Colbert County. Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc., 1999, 8.
Publisher
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Date
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November 27, 2015
Alabama
Colbert County
Historic Buildngs
Historic Businesses
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Alabama Places and Spaces
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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An account of the resource
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Auburn University
Keith S. Hebert
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Auburn University
University of North Alabama
Alabama Cultural Resource
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The Franklin House
Subject
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Historic Businesses; Historic Hotels; Tuscumbia; Colbert County; Alabama
Description
An account of the resource
The Franklin House was one of Tuscumbia's early great landmarks.
Colonel Robert Ransom moved to Tuscumbia from Tennessee and began construction of a hotel on the southeast corner of 5th and Water Streets. The Franklin House's grand opening of this hotel was June 1, 1837. It was advertised as the “house on Railroad Street.” It was 3 stories high with sixty rooms designed to accommodate two hundred guests. Board and lodging per year was $150, per month was $15, and per week was $5. A tornado destroyed the roof and top floor of the Franklin House in 1874. The hotel was remodeled during repairs and became the main offices of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in 1875. The telegraph was also moved here. In 1878, the hotel was renamed the Parshall House by Mr. Schuyler who bought the building. Electric lights were added in 1905. The hotel burned on October 11, 1915 from a fire started on the top floor. The building pictured sits on the site of the Franklin House today.
Creator
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Jacob Grandstaff, University of North Alabama
Source
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The Heritage of Colbert County. Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc., 1999, 8.
Publisher
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Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Date
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November 27, 2015
Alabama
Colbert County
Historic Businesses
Historic Hotels
Tuscumbia