Attalla Downtown Historic District, Attalla

Name: Attalla Downtown Historic District
Address: Attalla, United States

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The Attalla Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Attalla, Alabama. The city was founded in 1870 along the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. It quickly developed into a major iron ore export hub. After fires in 1887 and 1891, most of the frame buildings downtown were replaced with brick structures. The oldest buildings in the district, which date from the 1880s and 1890s, are built in Folk Victorian styles, with corbelled cornices and other decorative elements. Later buildings are in more plain Commercial Brick styles, while others were built in more academic styles, including the Art Moderne Etowah Theatre and the Colonial Revival Post Office building. The district was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 2011 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. ()

Coordinates: 34°1'21"N, 86°5'22"W

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Attalla Downtown Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gadsden Mall, Noccalula Falls Park, Forrest Cemetery, Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge.

5 miE
Shopping centre, Shopping
Gadsden Mall, Gadsden
129 min walk • The Gadsden Mall is a regional 502,591-square-foot shopping mall on U.S. Route 411 in Gadsden, Alabama. Located at the interchange of Interstate 759 and U.S. Route 411, it is in the southern section of the city. It is anchored by Belk.
4.1 miE
Waterfall, Park
Noccalula Falls Park, Gadsden
105 min walk • Noccalula Falls Park is a 250-acre public park located in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. The main feature of the park is a 90-foot waterfall. Trails wind through Black Creek Gorge past caves, an aboriginal fort, an abandoned dam, pioneer homestead, and Civil War carvings.
3.6 miE
Church
Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden
93 min walk • The Forrest Cemetery Chapel and Comfort Station are historic structures in Gadsden, Alabama. The chapel, comfort station, and cemetery gates were built in 1935 by workers from the Works Progress Administration, and designed by local architect Paul W.
3.9 miE
Bridge
Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge, Gadsden
100 min walk • The Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge, more simply known as Gilliland's Covered Bridge, is a locally owned wooden covered bridge that spans a small pond near Black Creek in Etowah County, Alabama, United States.
5.1 miE
34°0'31"N • 86°0'4"W
Greater Gadsden Area Tourism, Gadsden
131 min walk • Park, Visitor center, Area
4.4 miE
34°0'40"N • 86°0'47"W
The Walnut Gallery, Gadsden
114 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
4.9 miE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Gadsden Times-News Building, Gadsden
127 min walk • The Gadsden Times-News Building is a historic building in Gadsden, Alabama. It was built by the owners of The Gadsden Times-News in 1904. After changing their name to The Gadsden Times in 1924, the paper moved its operation to another building in 1927. It has since housed a variety of commercial businesses.
5.1 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Mort Glosser Amphitheater, Gadsden
131 min walk • Mort Glosser Amphitheater is an amphitheatre in Gadsden, Alabama. Built in 1935, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
0.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Little Wills Valley, Attalla
18 min walk • Little Wills Valley is a valley in the U.S. state of Alabama. It was named after Chief Little Wills, a Native American.
4.9 miE
Neighbourhood
Gadsden Downtown Historic District, Gadsden
125 min walk • The Gadsden Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Gadsden, Alabama. The district represents the growth of the town through its industrial heyday from the late 1870s to the late 1940s.
2.6 miE
Library
Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library, Gadsden
67 min walk • The Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library is a historic building in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. The library was built in 1902 by the Nichols family, owners of the Dwight Manufacturing Company.