Regions Bank - Florence, AL
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N 34° 48.193 W 087° 40.584
16S E 438129 N 3851429
This historic marker is located in front of the Regions Bank at the intersection of N. Seminary St. and E. Tuscaloosa St. on N. Seminary St., Florence, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WMHG1D
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2013
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Regions Bank
This building which was completed in 1983 is an accurate replica of the local historical mansion known as The Forks of Cypress. The original mansion, completed in 1822 by James and Sarah Jackson on a knoll five miles from Florence Alabama, was struck by lighting and burned in 1966.
Erected by Florence Historical Board Florence Alabama.
Marker Name: Regions Bank
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Wikipedia - Forks of Cypress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forks_of_Cypress
"Forks of Cypress was a plantation and Greek Revival plantation house near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was designed by architect William Nichols for James Jackson and his wife, Sally Moore Jackson. Construction was completed in 1830. It was the only Greek Revival house in Alabama to feature a two-story colonnade around the entire house, composed of twenty-four Ionic columns. The name was derived from the fact that Big Cypress Creek and Little Cypress Creek border the plantation and converge near the site of the main house. Although the main house was destroyed by fire in 1966, the site was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on April 14, 1992 and the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1997."
Date Dedicated / Placed: Not listed
Marker Number: Not listed
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