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Its oak collection contains all 39 of Alabama's oak species plus two more from Tennessee and Arkansas. The collection includes Auburn University's Founders Oak (Quercus stellata), which became the most prized tree on AU campus, after the 2010 Iron Bowl arboricidal rampage on the ceremonious live oaks across from Toomer's Corner. [10]
Two landmarks are located on Toomer's Corner, the Bank of Auburn (now a branch of PNC Bank) and Toomer's Drugs Pharmacy, which was the first establishment in the city with a telegraph, and the intersection is patterned in bricks forming the paw print logo of the Auburn Tigers athletic teams (it was formerly painted on regular concrete). [2] [3]
Auburn fans will once again be able to celebrate victories by rolling the oak trees at Toomer's Corner with toilet paper. Auburn had asked fans not to roll the new trees after their planting in ...
On January 27, 2011, a caller to the Paul Finebaum Radio Network who identified himself as "Al from Dadeville" claimed to have poisoned the oaks at Toomer's Corner with Spike 80DF, a potent commercial herbicide containing tebuthiuron, after Auburn's defeat of Alabama in the 2010 Iron Bowl. [9]
If anyone wants larger descendants of the Airlie Oaks, the rare heirloom trees are available in 25-gallon containers or larger and can be purchased directly from the Farmers Supply Co., located at ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
May 8, 1980 (315 E. Magnolia Ave. Auburn: Queen Anne-style house built in 1885, significant for its association with poet Robert Wilton Burton.The house was dismantled in 1993.
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