Sylacauga - The Marble City
White marble runs beneath Sylacauga in seams that extend for miles. The deposits, among the purest in the world, have been quarried commercially since the 1830s and gave the city its "Marble City" nickname. Sylacauga marble was used in the construction of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Several quarrying operations continue to this day, though the industry employs fewer people than it did at its mid-century peak.
On November 30, 1954, Sylacauga gained worldwide attention when a meteorite crashed through the roof of Ann Hodges' house on the outskirts of town and struck her while she napped on her sofa. The Hodges meteorite remains the only confirmed case of a space rock directly hitting a person. The meteorite, an 8.5-pound fragment, is now displayed at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa.
Sylacauga has a population of about 12,657 and sits in Talladega County. The Blue Bell Creameries plant east of town produces ice cream distributed across the Southeast. B.B. Comer Memorial Library and the Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center serve as the primary cultural institutions downtown.
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White marble runs beneath Sylacauga in seams that extend for miles. The deposits, among the purest in the world, have been quarried commercially since the 1830s and gave the city its "Marble City" nickname. Sylacauga marble was used in the construction of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Several quarrying operations continue to this day, though the industry employs fewer people than it did at its mid-century peak.
On November 30, 1954, Sylacauga gained worldwide attention when a meteorite crashed through the roof of Ann Hodges' house on the outskirts of town and struck her while she napped on her sofa. The Hodges meteorite remains the only confirmed case of a space rock directly hitting a person. The meteorite, an 8.5-pound fragment, is now displayed at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa.
Sylacauga has a population of about 12,657 and sits in Talladega County. The Blue Bell Creameries plant east of town produces ice cream distributed across the Southeast. B.B. Comer Memorial Library and the Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center serve as the primary cultural institutions downtown.
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