Heritage Marriage and Family Resource Center

Directions to Heritage Marriage and Family Resource Center

       From Hwy 72 East  Left on Helton Drive cross Cox Creek Parkway Left on campus 1 mile after crossing Parkway in the Alexander Activities Building enter at Overton Memorial Library awning.

       From Hwy 72 West  Right on Cox Creek Parkway Right on Helton Drive Left on Campus 1 mile from Parkway in the Alexander Activities Building enter at Overton Memorial Library awning.

       From Savannah on Hwy 20  Left on Cox Creek Parkway Left on Helton Drive Left on Campus 1 mile from Parkway in the Alexander Activities Building enter at Overton Memorial Library awning.

       From Collinwood Hwy 17  Left on Cox Creek Parkway Left on Helton Drive Left on Campus 1 mile from Parkway in the Alexander Activities Building enter at Overton Memorial Library awning.

Location

Heritage Marriage and Family Resource Center is located in the Overton Memorial Library on the campus of Heritage Christian University.

Heritage Christian University is located in Florence, Alabama. Lauderdale County was created on February 6, 1818, on land ceded from Indian tribes. Florence was founded five weeks later and named by a young Italian surveyor after his favorite city back home, Florence, Italy. Florence has a population of over 36,000. The adjacent cities of Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and Muscle Shoals combine with Florence to make up a metropolitan area of more than 140,000.

The Shoals area has many recreational facilities, tourist attractions, and cultural events. Among these are Wilson Dam, the oldest in the TVA chain, featuring the world's highest single-lift navigation lock; Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller; the Rosenbaum House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; and the William C. Handy home, birthplace of the famous musician and composer. Other places of interest include the T. B. Larimore home, Indian Mound Museum, Natchez Trace Parkway, Pope's Tavern, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Renaissance Tower, Florence Conference Center, the Children's Museum of the Shoals, and the Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts. Florence is the home of the University of North Alabama, which is one of the oldest universities in the South. The area's recreational opportunities attract many visitors, and the Tennessee River provides excellent water sports. The NCAA Division II holds its national football championship game in Florence.