Five Points Historic District, Huntsville

Name: Five Points Historic District
Address: Huntsville, United States

#25 among attractions in Huntsville

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The Five Points Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama in the vicinity and east of the intersection of Holmes Avenue, Pratt Avenue, California Street, and Andrew Jackson Way. It features homes built around the turn of the 20th Century in several styles, including California Bungalow, Queen Anne and other modest Victorian styles dating from the late 1890s through the early 1900s. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in August 2012. ()

Coordinates: 34°44'19"N, 86°34'22"W

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Five Points Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Von Braun Center, Weeden House Museum, Randolph Street Church of Christ, Harrison Brothers Hardware.

1.3 miSW
Sport venue, Convention center, Sport
Von Braun Center, Huntsville
34 min walk • The Von Braun Center, known as the Von Braun Civic Center until 1997, is a multi-purpose indoor arena, meeting, and performing arts complex, with a maximum arena seating capacity of 10,000, located in Huntsville, Alabama.
0.8 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Weeden House Museum, Huntsville
21 min walk • The Weeden House Museum is a historic two-story house in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1819 for Henry C. Bradford, and designed in the Federal architectural style.
0.8 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Randolph Street Church of Christ, Huntsville
22 min walk • The Randolph Street Church of Christ is a historic church in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1887 in a Gothic Revival style similar to rural churches, but built of brick. Rather than a central entrance, the tower contains doors under pointed toplights on the sides, and a double lancet window joined under a pointed arch.
0.9 miSW
34°43'47"N • 86°35'4"W
Harrison Brothers Hardware, Huntsville
23 min walk • Museum, Shopping
0.7 miSW
Synagogue, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Temple B'nai Sholom, Huntsville
19 min walk • Temple B'nai Sholom is a historic synagogue in Huntsville, Alabama. The Reform congregation was founded in 1876, with the current building dedicated November 26, 1899. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. It was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 29, 1977.
0.5 miS
Playground, Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville
13 min walk • Maple Hill Cemetery is the oldest and largest cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded on two acres in about the year 1822, it now encompasses nearly 100 acres and contains over 80,000 burials.
0.8 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Huntsville
22 min walk • Episcopal Church of the Nativity is a church in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1859. It is noted as one of the most pristine examples of Ecclesiological Gothic architecture in the South.
0.7 miSW
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture
Twickenham Historic District, Huntsville
18 min walk • Twickenham Historic District was the first historic district designated in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1973, with a boundary increase on May 26, 2015.
0.5 miS
Monuments and statues
Confederate Soldier Memorial, Huntsville
14 min walk • The Confederate Soldier Memorial, or Confederate Monument, is located in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.
0.7 miSW
Frat house
Helion Lodge 1, Huntsville
20 min walk • Helion Lodge #1 is a Masonic lodge in Huntsville, Alabama. It is the oldest operating lodge of Freemasons in the state. According to Grand Historian Joseph Abram Jackson's Masonry in Alabama, it is "the birthplace of Freemasonry in Alabama." Helion Lodge is also the common name for the building, built in 1911, where the lodge meets.
0.9 miSW
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Schiffman Building, Huntsville
23 min walk • The Schiffman Building is a historic commercial building in Huntsville, Alabama. The main structure of the building was built in 1845. Originally, it was a three-bay brick building divided by large, flat pilasters.

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Which popular attractions are close to Five Points Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville (13 min walk), Confederate Soldier Memorial, Huntsville (14 min walk), Oak Place, Huntsville (16 min walk), Twickenham Historic District, Huntsville (18 min walk).

How to get to Five Points Historic District by public transport?

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Greyhound (30 min walk)