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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.
Majestic Caverns (formerly known as DeSoto Caverns) is a cave and tourist attraction located in Childersburg, Talladega County, Alabama. [2] Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, it is touted as "Alabama's Big Cave".
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 ]
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]
It was moved from the Quarry to its new location behind the B.B. Comer Museum in Sylacauga. In 2024, the post office was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. [6] By the time of the 2000 Census, the town shows a population of zero, [7] and much of it appears to have been annexed into the city of Sylacauga. Preventing such an ...
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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 ...