Nitrate Village No. 1 Historic District
Sheffield, Alabama • Colbert County
Sheffield, Alabama • Colbert County
Nitrate Village No. 1 Historic District in Sheffield, Alabama, is a collection of utilitarian brick buildings constructed to house workers and support operations at the nearby Federal Explosives Plant during World War I. The district preserves an important example of early 20th-century industrial housing and associated community infrastructure.
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Architecture
910 Montgomery Ave., Sheffield, Alabama
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Community Planning And Development; Architecture
Roughly Bounded By Riverside Pk, River Bluff Dr., Wood, Third, Second Sts., 15th Ave., 27th St., And 19th Ave., Sheffield, Alabama
Transportation; Exploration/Settlement
W Of Sheffield, Sheffield, Alabama
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