Colonel Pickett Place 1833 Marker

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Title

Colonel Pickett Place 1833 Marker

Subject

Historic Markers; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL

Description

This historic marker is located at the intersection of Hermitage Drive and North Court Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "This "double-pile cottage" is a rare Alabama example of Tidewater architecture that originated along the Southern seaboard during the colonial period. This house was built in 1833 by Thomas J. Crowe, proprietor of the early National hotel in Florence, as a wedding gift for his bride, Elizabeth Hooks of Tennessee. It later became the home or Richard Oric Pickett, who arrived in 1843 to become one of the town's leading attorneys. Pickett was Colonel of the 10th Alabama Infantry under General Philip Roddey, called "Defender of North Alabama" during the Civil War."

Creator

Dylan Tucker, University of North Alabama

Source

“Colonel Pickett Place 1833 Marker”. Accessed 09/28/2015. http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

Late 1900s

Type

Text