Cullman in Cullman County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
The Ave Maria Grotto
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010
1. The Ave Maria Grotto Marker
the work of Brother Joseph Zoettl, O.S.B.
has been recorded in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States Department of Interior 1984.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1984.
Location. 34° 10.639′ N, 86° 49.065′ W. Marker is in Cullman, Alabama, in Cullman County. It is on Saint Bernard Drive SE. The marker is located in front of the Bethlehem building next to the shrub. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1600 Saint Bernard Drive SE, Cullman AL 35055, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama. 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 original Cherokee Nation, 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: Betz Addition Historic District (approx. 1.1 miles away); Ernest E. Greene Home (approx. 1.2 miles away); Die Deutsche Kolonie Von Nord Alabama (approx. 1.2 miles away); St. Johns Evangelical Protestant Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sand Mountain Plateau (approx. 1.3 miles away); Weiss Cottage (approx. 1.4 miles away); Johann Gottfried Cullmann (approx. 1½ miles away); Cullman, Alabama (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cullman.
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Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010
2. Bethlehem building
The Ave Maria Grotto Marker is located in the shrub in front of the Bethlehem building at the beginning of the tour.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010
3. The Ave Maria Grotto Marker
This marker is at the end of the tour of Ave Maria Grotto tour.
My granddaughter Sierra Hughes took this picture.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010
4. The Ave Maria Grotto
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 30, 2010
5. Brother Joseph Zoettl Overlooking His Work.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2019. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,310 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 1, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
