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The library was founded in 1936 as the Sylacauga Public Library. It was moved three years later, and after a $5,000 grant by the family B. B. Comer , the library was renamed in his honor. [ 2 ] The library was again renamed to Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center in 1962. [ 1 ]
Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,578. [2] Sylacauga is known for its fine white marble bedrock. [3] This was discovered shortly after settlers moved into the area and has been quarried ever since. The marble industry was the first recorded industry in the Sylacauga area.
There were 30,674 households, out of which 32.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 52.40% were married couples living together, 15.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 25.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age ...
The Welch-Averiett House, in Talladega County, Alabama near Sylacauga, Alabama, dates from 1830.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] The listing included four contributing buildings on 44 acres (18 ha), on a land parcel of about 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2).
Sylacauga - from the Muscogee words sule and kake (sitting). [31] Talladega, Talladega County, and Talladega Springs - talladega is derived from the Muscogee words italua (town), and atigi (at the end, on the border). [13] Tallahatta Springs - adaptation of Choctaw words, tali (rock) and hata (silver, white). [32]
The Talladega-Sylacauga Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan statistical area that consisted of two counties in Alabama, anchored by the cities of Talladega and Sylacauga, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the United States Office of Management and Budget. [1]
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Sylacauga marble is fine-grained and nearly pure calcite, making it extremely similar to white Carrara marble. [1] Sylacauga marble was used for Gutzon Borglum's bust of Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. He commented that the stone's fine texture let him portray the expression of kindness on Lincoln's face, something he had ...