Source Collection
University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections, William Lindsey McDonald Collection, Box 1: Biographical, Folder 1.4: City Historian - Correspondence, Collier Library.
Description
William Lindsey McDonald's correspondence to Mr. David Craig of Knoxville, Tennessee concerning the historic Church Springs district, also known as Town Spring. The area is located between Pine and Court Streets and was the earliest source of water for Florence, Alabama when it was established in 1818.
Church Spring was the site of the first African American church in Florence, the Greater Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was established in 1895, and the first African American school in the area.
The historical marker for Church Spring and School can be accessed here.
Date Created
10-13-2026
Date
January 20, 2000
Document Type
Letter to the Editor
Recommended Citation
McDonald, William L., "Church (Town) Springs Correspondence to Mr. David Craig, 1.20.2000" (2026). Correspondence. 6.
https://roar.una.edu/mcdonald_letters/6
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