Hoover in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Lover’s Leap
1827 - 1973
Photographed by Tim Carr, September 20, 2008
1. Lover’s Leap Marker
The poetic lines inscribed on the boulder below is a replica of those carved in 1827 by Thomas W. Farrar.
Thomas W. Farrar was the Founder and first Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Alabama 1821-22-24.
This historical site donated to the public by Jones W. Schwab in 1935.
The work was done and fence provided by Thomas W. Martin and George B. Ward.
Erected 1973 by Shades Crest Garden Club.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations. A significant historical year for this entry is 1827.
Location. 33° 24.706′ N, 86° 51.407′ W. Marker is in Hoover, Alabama, in Jefferson County. It is on Shades Crest Road south of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 588 Shades Crest Road, Birmingham AL 35226, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shades Crest Road Historical District (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bluff Park Elementary School / Hoover Community Education (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hale - Joseph Home (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Park Avenue Historical District (approx.
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Photographed by Tim Carr, February 24, 2010
2. Lover’s Leap Marker
Photographed by Tim Carr, February 24, 2010
3. Lover’s Leap Marker at Bluff Park
Photographed by Tim Carr, February 24, 2010
4. Lover’s Leap Park
Photographed by Tim Carr, February 24, 2010
5. The poetic lines inscribed on the boulder below
Thomas W. Farrar
Seraphine F. Farrar
To sit on the rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, to slowly trace the forest's shady scene where things that own not man's dominion dwell, and mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been.
August 20, 1827.
Photographed by Tim Carr, February 24, 2010
6. Lover’s Leap
Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 10, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 4,057 times since then and 111 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 10, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
