Oak Place

Historical marker location:

808 Maysville Road Northeast, Huntsville, Alabama

( Marker is on Maysville Road Northeast north of Humes Avenue Northeast, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2002

Alabama is home to the largest cast iron statue in the world. The Vulcan statue, located in Birmingham, stands 56 feet tall and weighs over 100,000 pounds. It was built in 1904 for the St. Louis World's Fair and was later brought to Birmingham as a symbol of the city's industrial might.