On Cogswell Avenue at 18th Street, on the right when traveling west on Cogswell Avenue.
Created in 1818 by territorial legislature. Named for Revolutionary hero, Gen. St. Clair. First settlers from Tennessee, Georgia – veterans of Creek Indian War, 1813-14.
Pell City established as industrial town in 1890 by George H. Pell of . . . — — Map (db m49666) HM
On Cogswell Avenue (U.S. 78) at 19th Street, on the right when traveling west on Cogswell Avenue.
Founded by railroad investors and incorporated on May 6, 1891. Pell City was named for one of the financial backers, George Hamilton Pell of New York. Nearly disappearing after the panic of 1893, the town was redeveloped after 1901 by Sumter . . . — — Map (db m49660) HM
On 1st Avenue North at 19th Street North, on the right when traveling west on 1st Avenue North.
The town charter for Pell City was granted in 1887. The town was named for George Hamilton Pell, a prominent New York industrialist and president of the East and West Railroad. In 1901, the town was almost deserted when a young man named Sumter . . . — — Map (db m49656) HM
On 2nd Avenue North at 21st Street North, on the right when traveling east on 2nd Avenue North.
The earliest neighborhood in Pell City was the Residential District, located on the northern boundary of the Downtown Historic District. The Residential District was the preferred location for many of the earliest leaders involved in the growth and . . . — — Map (db m49667) HM
On Comer Avenue at 26th Street North, on the left when traveling north on Comer Avenue.
The Pell City Manufacturing Company, completed
in 1902, was the main catalyst in the growth
and development of Pell City. It was the first
cotton mill in the South with the distinctive
sawtooth roof design. In addition to the mill
itself, the . . . — — Map (db m217682) HM