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Lucas Tavern
⎯⎯⎯
Lafayette

 
 
Lucas Tavern / Lafayette Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 19, 2014
1. Lucas Tavern / Lafayette Marker
Inscription.
Lucas Tavern
Stood four hundred yards
north of this point

Lafayette
Spent the night here
April 2, 1825

 
Erected 1980 by the Peter Forney Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommercePatriots & Patriotism. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and the Lafayette’s Farewell Tour series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1914.
 
Location. 32° 22.871′ N, 86° 18.221′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is at the intersection of East Jefferson Street and North Hull Street, on the left when traveling east on East Jefferson Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: East Jefferson Street, Montgomery AL 36104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western
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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 walking distance of this marker: Lucas Tavern (a few steps from this marker); William Lowndes Yancey (within shouting distance of this marker); Ordeman House Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); Judy's Garden (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Thompson Mansion (about 300 feet away); Abram Mordecai / Mordecai's Cotton Gin (about 300 feet away); Ray W. Scott Jr. Founded Bass Anglers Movement (about 700 feet away); Montgomery and Electricity / Hydroelectricity in the River Region (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.
 
More about this marker. Originally erected in 1932 and replaced in 1980.
 
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
 
Lucas Tavern/Lafayette Marker Area image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 19, 2014
2. Lucas Tavern/Lafayette Marker Area
Lucas Tavern image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Google Street View
3. Lucas Tavern
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 913 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 19, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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