PROPERTY LISTINGS

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

1. Why does Florence want eligible properties to be listed on the National Register?
   • To be able to walk down block after block and street after street of restored, well-kept homes and buildings.
   • To promote community pride.
   • To boost tourism.
   • To ensure that Florence’s past isn’t obliterated.
   • To offer families affordable, well-designed homes in neighborhoods with amenities such as sidewalks.
     
      
2. Where are the National Historic Districts in Florence?
   • Sannoner – upper North Court and upper North Pine
   • Walnut Street – from Tuscaloosa to Hermitage Drive; west side of Poplar in same boundaries
   • Wood Avenue – from Tuscaloosa to Hawthorne; some structures on side streets
   • Wood Avenue (expansion #1) – Meridian; East Hawthorne
   • Wood Avenue (expansion #2) – Kendrick
   • Cherry Street – Tombigbee to Hermitage Drive
   • Seminary-O’Neal – from rear of Pope’s Tavern to Irvine; some structures on Irvine
   • College Place – portion of Sherrod, West Lelia, West Mattielou
   • Locust Street – boundaries:  Pine, West Tennessee, Locust, West Irvine
   • Downtown – 115 commercial buildings
   • Wilson Park – Wilson Park, structures facing it on East Tuscaloosa
     
      
3. What are the economic advantages of owning and/or living in National Register properties?
   • 20% investment tax CREDIT (not just a tax deduction) for rehabilitating historic commercial, industrial and income-producing residential buildings (10% tax credit for such work on a non-Register building constructed prior to 1936).  Private residences are not eligible for tax credits.
     
      
   • 10% Alabama property tax assessment rate regardless of the building’s use, whether it’s a private residence or a commercial building.
     
     
      

(NOTE:  The director of the Florence Main Street program can provide assistance with the process of applying for tax credits.  The phone number is 760-9648.)