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Anniston Cotton Manufacturing Company. October 3, 1985. ( #85002739) 215 W. 11th St. 33°39′34″N 85°50′06″W. / 33.659444°N 85.835°W / 33.659444; -85.835 ( Anniston Cotton Manufacturing Company) Anniston. Demolished as of April 2014, now site of the Calhoun County Human Resources Department. 3.
01-01852. GNIS feature ID. 0159066. Website. www .annistonal .gov. Anniston is the county seat of Calhoun County in Alabama, United States, and is one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 23,106. [2]
The Anniston Museum of Natural History is a museum in Lagarde Park, Anniston, Alabama, exhibiting more than 2,000 natural history items on permanent display, including minerals, fossils, and rare animals in open dioramas . In addition to exploring Alabama’s natural heritage, the museum features diorama-style exhibits that begin in pre-history ...
Freedom Riders National Monument. / 33.63500°N 85.90833°W / 33.63500; -85.90833. The Freedom Riders National Monument is a United States National Monument in Anniston, Alabama established by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to preserve and commemorate the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement.
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. [3]
Samuel Noble Monument. / 33.658056; -85.826667. The Samuel Noble Monument is a commemorative sculpture located at the parkway median of Quintard Avenue and 11th Street in the city of Anniston, Alabama, and was erected in 1895 to honor the town's founder, Samuel Noble. [2]
Temple Beth-El is a historic Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 301 East Thirteenth Street, in Anniston, Alabama, in the United States. The synagogue was built in 1891 in the Romanesque Revival style. The synagogue was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1985.
East Anniston Residential Historic District. / 33.66417°N 85.82250°W / 33.66417; -85.82250. The East Anniston Residential Historic District, in Anniston, Alabama, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The listing included 396 contributing buildings on 137 acres (55 ha). [1]