Ivy Green
Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 300 W. North Common, Tuscumbia, AL |
| County | Colbert County |
| Listed | Aug 25, 1970 |
| Listed for | Education, Communications, Social history |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Helen Keller Birthplace |
| Reference number | 70000101 |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 300 W. North Common, Tuscumbia, AL |
| Coordinates | 34.7394° N, 87.7067° W · Directions ↗ |
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Map
Nearby in Colbert County
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Public land around it
| Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 4 miles away1,059 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Ivy Green listed on the National Register?
Aug 25, 1970. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Where is Ivy Green?
300 W. North Common, Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Ivy Green?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000101. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.