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1. 1903_Courier_Pages_066-06 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and description of the interior of the Mershon Brothers' Store in Fairhope, Alabama. The store was located on the northwest corner of Section Street and Farirhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama From the Beiser Photograph Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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2. 1904_Courier_Page_025 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph published in the February 15, 1904 Fairhope Courier of the "Business Center of Fairhope." The photo is looking east on Fairhope Avenue showing Mrs. Anne B. Call's Millinery, Dry Goods and Ladies' Furnishings store, the Mershon Brothers' Merchandising Store, Clement L. Coleman's residence (before he moved to Ingleside Street) the Fairhope Exchange and residence of George Steenstra and family, the Brown . The Frank L. Brown block, Fai...

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3. 1904_Courier_Page_033 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph, including an article, of The Fairhope House Hotel published in the March 1, 1904 edition of the Fairhope Courier. George M. Bancroft built the hotel in 1896 and with his wife Delia Knowles Bancroft, operated it. M. V. Watros was the manager of the hotel at the time this picture was taken where the nightly room rate was $2 or $7-$8 a week as reported in the July 1, 1904 Courier. The photograph which was used for the Fairhope Cour...

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4. 1905_Courier_Page_032 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph with description of The Fairhope House hotel from the January 27, 1905 Courier. This is a clearer image of 1904_Courier_Page_033 and with a different description. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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5. 1905_Courier_Page_382 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph printed in the Special Winter Resort Edition of the Fairhope Courier on December 1, 1905 showing Fairhope Tailor George Steenstra posing outside his shop on Fairhope Avenue just east of Section Street. Mr. Steenstra was one of a number of Dutch people referred to as "The Hollanders" who came to early Fairhope from Holland via Paterson, N. J. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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6. 1905_Courier_Page_383 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the Mershon Brothers Store at the northwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street as printed in the December 1, 1905 Special Winter Resort Edition of the Fairhope Courier. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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7. 1906_Courier_Page_117 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Mershon Merchandising Company concrete blocks printed in the April 13, 1906 Fairhope Courier. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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8. 1909_Courier - Newspaper

   Fairhope Courier newspapers for 1909. 52 issues were printed. These historic papers are scanned using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and are keyword searchable. Some topics for 1909: The Fairhope Single Tax Coporatation contributed land and $1000 for the new public school building which was built in 1909-1910 at the northeast corner of Morphy Avenue and Church Street; 1909 was a year of growth in Fairhope with new businesses estab...

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9. 34_17_001_050 - Booklet

   Promotional booklet dated 1912 titled "Alabama's New Era: A Magazine of Progress and Development" published by the Alabama State Board of Immigration. Published "to inform the world outside of Alabama what a magnificent opportunity there is in this State for buyers of land and tillers of land." From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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10. 34_50_033 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1922 of the Metropolitan Restaurant at the corner of Fairhope Avenue and Summit Street. This picture with caption appeared in the booklet "Early Days of Fairhope" published in recognition of Fairhope's Centennial Celebration 1894-1994. The booklet is available in the FSTC Archives: PUB_0017_0035. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Online Archives

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11. 34_50_039 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of The Fairhope Hotel c. 1925 at the northwest corner of Summit Street and Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. This was the second Fairhope Hotel - the first one (located on the bluff at above North Beach) burned in 1910. This picture was published in "Early Days of Fairhope" in recognition of the Centennial celebration of the founding of Fairhope, Alabama. 1894-1994. The booklet is available in the FSTC Archives: PUB_0017_0035....

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12. 34_50_046 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the A. O. Berglin home in Fairhope, Alabama. This was located at the southeast corner of Church Street and Fairhope Avenue and built in 1901. The family's meat market "Berglin The Butcher" was on the bottom floor. The house was moved to the corner of Church Street and De La Mare (the southern corner of their FSTC lease) in 1916. Berglin got out of the meat business in 1905, and in 1908 started the Fairhope Creamery in the form...

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13. 34_51_001_084 - Documents

    Newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, notes and other materials about Clay City, the Fairhope Clay Products Company, structural clay tile and the brick industry in Fairhope, businesses and families in the clay and brick industry, and the pottery industry along the eastern shore. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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14. 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.

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15. 34_71_001-127 - Building

    This PDF file contains buildings in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District in Fairhope, Alabama as listed on National Historic Sites Survey forms. Evaluations of these buildings were done in 2014. Information includes address, year built, name of building or business (or its historic name), and other inventory and historical information. Download the file at and scroll through the PDF for the page on which the building is located. These ar...

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16. 34_72_001 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and HIstoric Sites Survey Form dated 2014 of 5 Church Street North in Fairhope, Alabama. Commercial building built in 1998 on the site of an old cottage which was moved. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives...

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17. 34_72_002-004 - Photograph, Digital

    Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 7 Church Street North in Fairhope, Alabama which was DuBrock's Laundry beginning in 1923. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." Note: The building is actually BOTH 7 Church Street North and 9 Church Street North. See 34_72_005-007 for another recor...

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18. 34_72_005-007 - Photograph, Digital

    Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 9 Church Street North in Fairhope, Alabama. (Note: 7 Church Street North is part of this building. See details at 34_72_002-004. Also, a later addition (no date) was added to the north side of the building and is identified as 11 Church Street North. See details at 34_72_008-010. According to the Fairhope Courier, Dubrock's Laundry began doing business at this site in 1923, so...

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19. 34_72_008-010 - Photograph, Digital

    Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 11 Church Street North in Fairhope, Alabama. This is an addition to the old DuBrock's Laundry, which began business in 1923 at what is now 7 Church Street North AND 9 Church Street North. See 34_72_002-004 and 34_72_005-007 for information about that building. 11 Church Street North is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in t...

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20. 34_72_011 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 14 Church Street North in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1939 by Dyson and Co. with alterations in 1995 and 1997. Stucco over Clay City Tile. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax ...

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