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1. 37_1_022 - Newspaper Article

   Newspaper article from the Mobile Press Register and al.com dated May 4, 2014 titled "Outside the Box, Architecture: Touring Alabama's Wild Polygons" by Kelly Kazek. The article includes information of the "Hermit House" in the Montrose area of Fairhope, Alabama. The structure was built in the mid-1920s by Henry Stuart. Known as "The Hermit," Henry James Stuart inspired author Sonny Brewer to write "The Poet of Tolstoy Park," which was publi...

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2. 39_1_001 - Poster

   Architectural drawing by C. A. Wolcott, dated 2005, of the Henry Stuart Cottage, Tolstoy Park, Montrose, Alabama. Mr. Wolcott dedicated this to Sonny Brewer, author of the Stuart-inspired novel "The Poet of Tolstoy Park," and Kenneth E. Niemeyer, who has preserved the house. The drawing shows details about Stuart's Round House (Hermit House) and information about how it was constructed. An excerpt from the 1930 poem "The Sage of Tolstoy Park"...

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3. 40_38_001 - Poster

   "Henry Stuart Cottage, Tolstoy Park, Montrose Alabama" poster by C. M Walcott dated 2005. Mr. Walcott, an architect, created this architectural and informational poster when the 2005 novel "The Poet of Tolstoy Park" by Sonny Brewer was published. Walcott included drawings of Henry Stuart's Round House and details of its construction, biographical information about Stuart and Brewer, quotes from Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pascal and Black Elk, and a...

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4. FMH_2308-2309 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph with description on back taken June 25, 1926 by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart 1858-1946) of the partially completed Round House (Herrnit House) at Tolstoy Park in Montrose, Alabama. The picture is taken from the south showing the construction site. Two of the six windows and the entrance door (on the left) are seen. Stuart's typed notes on the back of the photo give more information about what is left to be done to finish the ...

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5. FMH-V1010 - Video, Digital

   Oral history, Part 1, by William Frank "Frank" Larway (1933-2019). The video continues in FMH-V1011. Run time is approximately 50 minutes. Laraway discusses his family, early life in Fairhope, Alabama, education at the Marietta Johnson of Organic School, and later career and travels. He describes his parents' move from the Northeast, their poultry and dairy farm operations in Fairhope, and childhood chores such as milking cows, raising chic...

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6. FMH-V1011 - Video, Digital

   Oral history video, Part 2, by William Frank "Frank" Laraway (1933-2019). Part 1 is available at FMH-V1010. Laraway's story starts with his marriage in 1963, return to Fairhope from Michigan in 1965, and the establishment of his career as an architect.. For the rest of this detailed interview, Laraway talks about his early life in Fairhope in the 1940s and 1950s: farming and raising chickens (commercially), Organic School, friends, outi...

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7. PMG_13730-13766 - Student Paper

   Student Paper dated December 2, 1988 by Martha Dickens titled "Architecture and Design in the Fairhope Single Tax Colony: Creating a Sense of Place." The paper was submitted to fulfill requirements for the Fairhope Seminar course taught by Dr. Paul. M Gaston, Professor of History at the University of Virginia. The paper is a history of "how people make building decisions about type, style, and usage.........and whether architecture and envi...

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8. PMG-13730-13766 - Student Paper

   Paper dated December 1988 by student Martha Dickens written to fulfill requirements for the Fairhope Seminar course taught by University of Virginia professor Paul M. Gaston. The paper is titled "Architecture and Design in the Fairhope Single Tax Colony: Creating a Sense of Place." The paper discusses the houses, hotels, churches and other buildings in the early Fairhope along with architectural styles, building materials, relationship with t...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos