Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Locust Dell Academy

1834~1843

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, June 28, 2009

1. Locust Dell Academy 1834~1843 Marker

Inscription. On this site Nicholas Marcellus Hentz conducted a girls' school. Native of Metz, France, Hentz was a painter, entomologist, author, and was once a professor at University of North Alabama. Experimenting with silkworms, he planted groves of mulberry trees around this section of town. His wife, Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz, native of Massachusetts, assisted in the academy. She also wrote plays, poems, stories, popular novels, and a significant diary of her years in Florence.

Erected by Florence Historical Board Florence Alabama.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Science & Medicine • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1834.

Location. 34° 48.439′ N, 87° 40.723′ W. Marker is in Florence, Alabama, in Lauderdale County. It is on N. Wood Avenue. Marker is located in front of Locust Bell Academy which is now the Department of History on the Campus of UNA. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: One Harrison Plaza, Florence AL 35632, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Shoals.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 walking distance of this marker: A More Inclusive Era (a few steps from this marker); George H. Carroll Lion Habitat (within shouting distance of this marker); T.S. Stribling Literary Landmark

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(about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); T.S. Stribling 1903 (about 300 feet away); Florence State Teachers College Heroes of World War II (about 300 feet away); 1st Lt. Chadwick McFall Barber (about 400 feet away); World War I Memorial Amphitheater (about 400 feet away); World War I Memorial Trees (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Florence.

Also see . . . Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz. Author. Well known in her day, she is best known for her 1854 novel "The Planter's Northern Bride", in which she defended the South and the institution of slavery. Her intention was to refute much of what Harriet Breecher Stowe wrote in "Uncle Tom's Cabin". (Submitted on May 2, 2019, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.)

Locust Dell Academy / Department of History image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, June 28, 2009

2. Locust Dell Academy / Department of History

Locust Dell Academy image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, May 19, 2009

3. Locust Dell Academy

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,904 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on June 2, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 21, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.