Water Avenue Historic District, Selma

Name: Water Avenue Historic District
Address: Selma, United States

#18 among attractions in Selma

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The Water Avenue Historic District is a 10-acre historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. It is centered on Water Avenue in downtown. The boundaries were increased on July 7, 2005. The district is primarily commercial, with examples of the Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Renaissance Revival styles. It contains 52 properties, with 47 contributing and 5 noncontributing to the district. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1972, with boundary increases in 2005 and 2021. ()

Coordinates: 32°24'26"N, 87°1'1"W

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Selma United States

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Water Avenue Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Sturdivant Hall, Edmund Pettus Bridge, National Voting Rights Museum.

0.5 miW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Selma
14 min walk • The Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, also known by a variety of other names throughout its history, is a historic Greek Revival building in Selma, Alabama. Completed in 1847, it has served many functions in the more than 160 years of its existence.
0.8 miNW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Sturdivant Hall, Selma
21 min walk • Sturdivant Hall, also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman Home, is a historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum in Selma, Alabama, United States. Completed in 1856, it was designed by Thomas Helm Lee for Colonel Edward T. Watts.
~1000 ftS
Famous landmark in civil rights history
Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma
5 min walk • The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.
~1730 ftS
Museum, History museum
National Voting Rights Museum, Selma
9 min walk • The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the events leading up to...
1 miW
Cemetery
Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma
26 min walk • Old Live Oak Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Selma, Alabama that was founded in 1829 and expanded in 1877. The newer portion is sometimes called New Live Oak Cemetery and the cemetery is collectively known as Live Oak Cemetery.
~1520 ftNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma
8 min walk • St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic red brick Gothic Revival church located at 210 Lauderdale Street in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States.
0.5 miN
Church
First Baptist Church, Selma
13 min walk • First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in Selma, Alabama. A historically African American Baptist church, it was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1894 and known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement.
~1890 ftN
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, Selma
10 min walk • Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Selma, Alabama, United States.
~1090 ftNE
32°24'31"N • 87°0'50"W
Old Depot Museum, Selma
6 min walk • Museum, History museum
~440 ftNE
32°24'28"N • 87°0'57"W
Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum, Selma
3 min walk • Museum
0.5 miNW
Neighbourhood
Old Town Historic District, Selma
14 min walk • The Old Town Historic District is a 323-acre historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. It is bounded by U.S. Route 80, Broad and Franklin streets, and Dallas and Selma avenues. The boundaries were increased on December 15, 2003.

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Which popular attractions are close to Water Avenue Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Summerfield District, Selma (1 min walk), Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum, Selma (3 min walk), Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma (5 min walk), Old Depot Museum, Selma (6 min walk).