Luverne in Crenshaw County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Luverne Historic District
Crenshaw County
Photographed By Susan Van Den Bosch, April 29, 2021
1. Luverne Historic District
The historic properties within the Luverne Historic District represent seventy years of history from the 1880s to the late 1940s. This district includes the first commercial businesses in downtown and middle to upper middle-class homes. These resources reflect the developments in Luverne as a railway hub in the southern sector of the state, its residential growth, and the effects that the Great Depression had on small towns in Alabama. The Luverne Historic District displays the relationship between society and commerce as houses are in close proximity to commercial and historically industrial areas of Luverne.Listed in the National Register of Historic Places January 14, 2005
Erected 2019 by Alabama Historical Commisssion.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is January 14, 2005.
Location. 31° 42.727′ N, 86° 15.819′ W. Marker is in Luverne, Alabama, in Crenshaw County. Marker is on U.S. 331 north of 9th Street, on the right when traveling
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Douglass House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Bricken Building (approx. ¼ mile away); Crenshaw County Courthouse (approx. 0.3 miles away); Rutledge Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Rutledge (approx. 3 miles away); New Providence Primitive Baptist Church Site (approx. 5.6 miles away); Memorial (approx. 8.4 miles away); Goshen Substation (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Luverne.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 3, 2021, by Susan Van Den Bosch of Genoa City, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 83 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on May 3, 2021, by Susan Van Den Bosch of Genoa City, Wisconsin. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
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