Downtown Florence Walking Tour
Welcome to Alabama's Renaissance City
Established 1818
Tour Florence's historic downtown core by either following the map or sites list on this page or by scanning the QR codes found on many of the businesses and buildings downtown.
All images courtesy of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library's Local History Collection, Collier Library's Archives and Special Collections at the University of North Alabama, and the Landrum Photograph Collection.
1840s Map of Florence
Court Street looking north, c. 1900
Intersection of Court Street and Tennessee Street, c. 1890
View of Court Street and Streetcar Tracks
Court Street, c. 1900
Court Street, c. 1910
Court Street, c.1915
Court Street, 1919
Corner of Tennessee and Court Streets, c.1920
Corner of Court and College Streets, 1920s
Court Street, 1940s
Court Street, 1950s
Court Street, 1950s
South Court Street, 1970s
Court Street, 1972
- First National Bank/ Majestic Theater/ ANCO
- Historic Medical Arts Building
- Shepard's Grocery /City Cafe/ Otto Speake Menswear
- Abroms/ J.C. Penney/ PSI
- Stafford Block/ East Mobile Street
- Tennessee Valley Bank Building
- 119 South Court Street
- Shoals Theater
- Alabama Trust and Savings Bank/ Mefford Jewelers
- Bliss Block
- Rogers Department Store/ The Martin Building
- McCorkle Building
- The First and Second Lauderdale County Courthouses
- Confederate Monument
- The Stricklin Building
- Masonic Lodge/ Woolworth Company
- Florence Municipal Building
