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1. 34_52_001_080 - Presentation

   Presentation by historian Alan Samry on "Clay City Tile: Frank Brown and the Company that Built Fairhope." Sponsored by the Baldwin County Historical Society and the Fairhope Public Library. May 18, 2008. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
2. 40_59_001-057 - Documents

   LImited print edition of the Fairhope Historic Building Placques Project: a project of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Education Committee. 2024. The FSTC Education Committee selected twenty historic structures in downtown Fairhope for the purpose of writing a history of each building and installing an informative plaque of them (with each owner's permission). The plaques have two QR codes: one with the history of the building, and the ot...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
3. FMH_0279 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c.1920 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Fish River in Vicinity of Clay Banks-Clay Products Co." The area, sometimes referred to (back in the day) as North River Park, was the location of Frank L. Brown's business. Brown was an early Fairhope settler, establishing a sawmill in Fairhope at the intersection of what is now Morphy Avenue and Greeno Road. In 1916, he moved east and built his kiln and drying sheds to make b...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. FSTC-1311-1314 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs dated 2024 of Stuart family graves in the River View Cemetery in Portland, OR. Henry Stuart (1858-1946), is buried here along with his son Herschel Stuart and daughter-in-law Rosa (aka Rose) F. Stuart. H. J. Stuart lived in Montrose, Alabama from 1923-1944. Known as the "Hermit of Montrose" and "Ye Olde Weaver," he was famous for the unique Round House (Hermit House) he built on his Tolstoy Park property in Montrose and his advoc...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. FSTC-V0053 - Video, Digital

   Lecture Series on Fairhope History dated May 3, 2016 with Alan Samry. Have you seen it? It's a construction block. It's orange -red color is unmistakable. For nearly a century this building block, and other clay-fired products, were used in the construction of many buildings, sometimes visible, but often hidden behind stucco. Businesses, homes, farms, and outbuildings were all built with this Fairhope product. 1 hour video From the F...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
6. FSTC-V0058 - Video, Digital

   Lecture Series on Fairhope History dated May 5, 2017 with Alan Samry. This lecture, with a much longer title: Fairhope Public Librarians:From Free Thinking Free Lovers, Single Tax Suffragettes, Club-Hopping Women to Professional Book-ies and Media Mavens is delightful. The presenter delves into the history of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and the beginning of the Fairhope Public Library. Using diaries, photos, and letters, you will ...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos