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1. 34_49_009 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of poor quality c. 1915, published in the City of Fairhope Centennial supplement to the Fairhope Courier, July 2-3, 2008. This is the First Baptist Church, built in 1915, located on what is now St. James Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The church is the first official structure for this congregation; they met in community halls prior to the church's contruction. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corpo...

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2. Beiser-0018 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated 1923 of five of the six Beiser children on the back steps of their house in Fairhope, Alabama. The house, called Englewood Villa, sat at the 300 block of South Section Street where the First Baptist Church campus is now located. Felix W. Beiser, president of Wheeler Mercantile in Fairhope, and his wife Rosamond Jung Beiser moved their family to this house in 1920 from Loxley, Alabama. The property was sold in 1955 to the First...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Beiser-0020-0021 - Photograph, Digital

   Brochure titled "Building Through Tithing" published by the First Baptist Church in 1955. The church was raising funds to build a new sanctuary on property purchased for $32,800 from Felix W. Beiser. The Beiser family lived on the property at the 300 block of South Section Street in Fairhope, called Englewood Villa, from 1920 to 1955. From the Beiser Photograph Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. BSS.631-633 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of South Bayview Street near Cliff Drive at the Ravine (Stack's Gully.) One image shows the wooden bridge, the other a view from the Ravine in Fairhope, Alabama. The first First Baptist Church building (1915) is seen on the right; St. James Avenue is only a path at the time. A black and white version is included from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fair...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. FMH_0129 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the First Baptist Church in Fairhope, Alabama. The church was located on the southeast corner of Church Street and Morphy Avenue and was built in 1921 when the original church (built 1915 on what is now St. James Avenue became too small). In 1955 the congregation bought property on Section Street from Felix Beiser, and built a new church to accommodate growth. Search "Baptist" in these online archives for additional informati...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. FMH_0508 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the 300 block of South Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama, c.late-1950s. The car in the foreground sits on the east side of Section Street. The new First Baptist Church building is seen on the right. The Baptist congregation in Fairhope dates to the early 1900s, and this is the third church built by the Baptists as they kept up with their growing number of parishioners. The land for this church was acquired in 1955 from Felix...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. PMG-4946-4978 - Documents

   Newspaper article from the Christian Worker dated September 1928 which includes information about James Estep Gaston, the father of Fairhope founder E. B. Gaston, J. E. Gaston was a minister in the Church of Christ in Iowa. Also included are Paul M. Gaston's research notes about the Fairhope Christian Church, other Fairhope churches,research information about leaders and ministers of denominations, a 1981 history of the Fairhope Christian Ch...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
8. PUB_0056 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs dated c. 1932 of six churches in Fairhope, Alabama. These pictures appear in a promotional brochure published in 1932 by the Fairhope Chamber of Commerce. The brochure is titled "Fairhope on Mobile Bay, Facts of Interest," and is available at PUB_0050_0058 in these FSTC Online Archives. These photos are cataloged separately for the public's ease of access. The Churches are: IMAGE 2: First Baptist Church, located at the corner ...

   Record Type: Photo