Near Sulligent in Lamar County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
John Hollis Bankhead
Ancestral Home
| | 1842 1920 | |
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 4, 2016
1. John Hollis Bankhead Marker
Member U.S. House and Senate
Thirty Three Years
Father of Federal Aid to Good Roads
Author making Warrior
longest canalized river in the world
Active in
development of Muscle Shoals and other
waterways throughout the nation
Bankhead Highway from Washington D.C.
to California named for him
Erected by Alabama Department of Conservation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Government & Politics • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 33° 54.319′ N, 88° 7.395′ W. Marker is near Sulligent, Alabama, in Lamar County. It is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 278) and Bankhead Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: East Main Street, Sulligent AL 35586, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is 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 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Birth of Sulligent (approx. 0.7 miles away); Center Point Church (approx. 7.4 miles away in Mississippi); Splunge Free Will Baptist Church (approx. 9½ miles away in Mississippi); Lamar County Korea & Vietnam Memorial
this page online
Other markers no longer nearby. The Ogden House (was approx. 0.7 miles away but has been permanently removed); Monroe County Created 1815 (was approx. 10.7 miles away in Mississippi but has been confirmed missing).
Regarding John Hollis Bankhead. House is located southeast of marker at one end of Bankhead Street. (Coordinates: 33.904656 N, -88.121626 W)
Also see . . .
1. Encyclopedia of Alabama article on John Hollis Bankhead. (Submitted on August 4, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. Wikipedia article on Bankhead house. (Submitted on August 4, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Public Domain - Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, ALA,38-SUL,1-1, March 4, 1936
2. James Greer Bankhead House
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 4, 2016
3. John Hollis Bankhead ancestral home.
Area near home is private and "Keep out" signs are posted.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 4, 2016
4. View from marker looking west on U.S. Highway 278 (East Main Street)
Public Domain - LOC Prints and Photographs division., December 31, 1909
5. John Hollis Bankhead
Credits. This page was last revised on November 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,378 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 4, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
