Fort Toulouse, Wetumpka

Name: Fort Toulouse
Address: Wetumpka, United States

#1 among attractions in Wetumpka

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Fort Toulouse, also called Fort des Alibamons and Fort Toulouse des Alibamons, is a historic fort near the city of Wetumpka, Alabama, United States, that is now maintained by the Alabama Historical Commission. The French founded the fort in 1717, naming it for Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse. In order to counter the growing influence of the British colonies of Georgia and Carolina, the government of French Louisiana erected a fort on the eastern border of the Louisiana Colony in what is now the state of Alabama. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 32°30'24"N, 86°15'6"W

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Wetumpka United States

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Fort Toulouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: First Baptist Church of Wetumpka, First Presbyterian Church, The Kelly-Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery, First United Methodist Church.

3.2 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Baptist Church of Wetumpka, Wetumpka
83 min walk • First Baptist Church Of Wetumpka is a Southern Baptist church complex at 205 West Bridge Street in Wetumpka, Alabama that. It consisted of several connected buildings, centered on an original brick sanctuary building that was built from 1846 to 1852. The original sanctuary was slated for demolition by May 2020 following tornado damage.
3.4 miNE
Church
First Presbyterian Church, Wetumpka
86 min walk • First Presbyterian Church was a historic Presbyterian church building and congregation at 100 West Bridge Street in Wetumpka, Alabama. The Carpenter Gothic structure was built by a local builder in 1856 at a cost of $2,300. It featured a Gothic Revival exterior and a Greek Revival interior.
3.3 miNE
32°32'2"N • 86°12'22"W
The Kelly-Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery, Wetumpka
83 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
3.6 miNE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
First United Methodist Church, Wetumpka
94 min walk • First United Methodist Church is a historic church at 306 Tuskeena Street in Wetumpka, Alabama. It was built in 1854 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Fort Toulouse, Wetumpka

Facts and practical information

Fort Toulouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

First Baptist Church of Wetumpka, Wetumpka

First Presbyterian Church, Wetumpka

The Kelly-Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery, Wetumpka

First United Methodist Church, Wetumpka