Weeden Heights - Early 1900s Marker

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Title

Weeden Heights - Early 1900s Marker

Subject

Historic Markers; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL

Description

This historic marker is located at the intersection of N. Broadway Street and Mahogany Ave, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "This Twentieth century business and residential area was developed by John D. Weeden Jr. during the building of Wilson Dam and the World War I Defense Plants. Weeden Heights was carved from 3,800-acre Sweetwater Plantation, the former home of his grandfather, Governor Robert M. Patton. The slave village, with its 23 small cabins facing a community square, was located north of the Broadway Recreation Center. An unmarked slave cemetery is nearby. In 1871 the Pattons gifted a 25-acre farm in this area to a former slave. Edmund Patton. 'In consideration of his faithfulness and fidelity'."

Creator

Dylan Tucker, University of North Alabama

Source

“Weeden Heights - Early 1900s Marker”. Accessed 11/11/2015. http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

11/11/2015

Type

Text