Wilson Park Houses
National Register of Historic Places

Wilson Park Houses

Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama
Listed
January 25, 1979
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
79000390

About this property

The Wilson Park Houses are a group of three historic homes in Florence, Alabama. Built as upper-class residences between 1890 and 1918, the houses are adjacent to Wilson Park, laid out as a public space upon the city's founding and later renamed for President Woodrow Wilson. Two of the houses came to be owned by Hiram Kennedy Douglass, who upon his death in 1975 willed the houses to an organization willing to maintain them for the public. The houses are now owned by the city and contain the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts. The houses were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Location

209, 217, and 223 E. Tuscaloosa St.
Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama
34.80410, -87.67521

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Questions about this property

When was Wilson Park Houses listed on the National Register?

Wilson Park Houses was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 25, 1979.

What type of historic resource is Wilson Park Houses?

Wilson Park Houses is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Wilson Park Houses?

The period of significance for Wilson Park Houses is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1890.

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