Marion, Alabama

Before we left back for home, we went through Marion, Alabama.  This is the Scott-Moore-Anderson home, built in 1834 and moved (via 25 mule-drawn wagons) to its present location in 1905:

Scott-Moore-Anderson home, built in 1834 and moved (via 25 mule-drawn wagons) to its present location in 1905

A restored Wrigley’s mural downtown:

J.A. Hendrix Dry Goods, Dozier Hardware, General Merchandise. Wrigley Gum Mural. Marion, Alabama

Reverie, built 1858:

Reverie, Marion AL

 

This building, ca. 1850, was the Marion Female Seminary and the art studio of Mr. Nicola Marschall, where he designed the Confederate ‘Stars and Bars’ in 1861.

Marion Female Seminary, Marion AL

The Lea House, where on May 9, 1840 Margaret Lea married Sam Houston (that Sam Houston):

Lea House, Marion AL, Where Margaret Lea and General Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas, were married

There are so many other pretty homes in Marion but we were just flying through…

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