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Farming For A Better Future, page 143
West Irvine Avenue to the north, and Cypress Creek to the west. The area just north of Canaan is called Handy Hills, another historically African American development but one that did not come completely to fruition. Burrell Slater High School, the Greater St. Paul AME Church, Greater Mt. Moriah Church and Mt. Calvary Cemetery, and W.C. Handy's home and museum are located in Canaan.
(Above) 1918 Plat Map of Handy Hill Subdivision (University of North Alabama, Collier Library, Archives & Special Collections) (Right) Excerpt from 1921 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Burrell Normal School (yellow) and Handy's Hill Development (Orange) (University of Alabama, Historical Map Collection, Online) (Far Right) (Top) 1921 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Florence, Handy's Hill Neighborhood (University of North Alabama, Collier Library, Archives & Special Collections) (Bottom) Masonic Lodge No. 19, in Canaan, Built 1959 (Google Street View, 2013)
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