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  1. 1905_Courier_Page_009 - Photograph, Digital

    Page 1 of the January 13, 1905 Fairhope Courier with a picture of the Wharf and Steamer Fairhope I. Information about the bayfront is included under the photograph. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

    Record Type: Photo

    1905_Courier_Page_009
  2. 29.2.2-4 - Correspondence

    Letter dated 5/31/1932 from Cornelius Alonzo Gaston to Abe Waldauer in Memphis, Tennessee regarding the constitutional aspects of the issues surrounding the transfer of FSTC parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Dr. Gaston references Fiske Warren, E.B. Gaston, attorney J. H. Webb and a Mr. Johnson in his support of his father E. B. Gaston's position on this issue. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    Correspondence
  3. 30.27.1-15 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated March 1928 and April 1928. Included are: a petition to amend the constitution to change the date of the annual elections, that the list of non-resident members be updated annually, a request by the the Town of Fairhope to change the name of Powell Street to Dogwood Terrace, and the FSTC Treasurer's Report for March 1928. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  4. 31_1916_1-42 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Coprporation dated 1916. The Colony Council met aproximately twice per month. Most meetings included approval of the previous meeting's minutes, Treasurer's reports (bills, rent receipts, cash on hand, etc.) lease transfers,Wharfinger's report and general Colony business. Among other issues reported in the 1916 meeting minutes: 1916 Annual Meeting Minutes and financial report, turpentine and stum...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  5. 31_1919_1-10 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1919. The Colony Council usually met twice per month. Includes financial reports, lease information and information about the business of the Corporation. At the Annual Meeting on January 27, 1919, the Colony was reported in good financial shape, the best in many years. The death of one of Fairhope's founders, S. S. Mann was noted. Overall, 1919 was a busy year with the FS...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  6. 31_1925_1-11 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1925. The Corporation usually met twice per month. Included is the routine business of the Corporation as well as discussion of work on roads (connecting Greeno Road to Foley and the proposed Silverhill to Robertsdale Road-Highway 104), streets, Wharf improvements (enlarging the pierhead, hiring a night watchman for the summer, establishing fees for cars on the Wharf), dissolution o...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  7. 31_1926_1-11 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1926. The Corporation usually met twice per month. Includes routine business of the Colony Council, including efforts to beautify Fairhope Avenue and other areas of the town by planting dogwood trees from the woods and azalea bushes donated by Clement L. Coleman. The Colony purchased 160 acres from the S. S. Mann Corporation with Mr. Maddocks paying the $2500 fee. St...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  8. 31_1928_1-8 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1928. The Corporation usually met twice per month. Includes routine business of the FSTC, minutes from the annual meeting, issues about streets, membership (Dr. C. G. Godard's application was denied), parks, rent for 1929, mention of Louis G. Post's death and the copyright rights to the Fairhope I Love You song. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  9. 31_1931_1-16 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for year 1931 including routine business, financial statements, lease transfers of the Colony and similar actions. In addition: In 1931, the Corporation's attention was focused on transferring the bayfront park area to the Town of Fairhope. The idea had been introduced in 1921 by E. B. Gaston; ten years later the urgency became apparent to most of the Colony leaders and members because o...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  10. 31_1931_1-16_Page_09 - Meeting Minutes

    Portion of Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated May 19, 1931. The attorney for the FSTC J. H. Webb issued an opinion regarding the proposed conveyance of parks to the Town of Fairhope and whether an amendment to the FSTC Constitution or a referendum on the matter was required. He stated that under Section 1 Article 6, authorization by the Executive Council would be required for the transfer of property, but an amendment o...

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    31_1931_1-16_Page_9
  11. 34_77_087-092 - Photograph, Digital

    Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014/2015 of Henry George Park, the monument to Henry George and Knoll Park in Fairhope, Alabama. These parks are located in the Bayfront Historic District. See 34_76_001-174 for all images of structures in this District or search "Bayfront Historic District." Many other images of Henry George Park and Knoll Park are available in the PHOTOs section of these online Archives. From th...

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  12. 36_4_020_023 - Correspondence

    Correspondence dated 1933 and 1934 between E. B. Gaston and Abe D. Waldauer. Issues include transferring the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation parklands to the Town of Fairhope, and issues about the Home Owners Loans Corporation denying low interest loans to FSTC lessees. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    Correspondence
  13. 36_6_011 - Meeting Minutes

    Extract from the Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated June 29, 1911. The issue has to do with the transfer of a lease from Ivy Powell Troup to Dr. William O. Krohn. The original lease of the land was for the Fairhope Hotel (opened in late 1897-early 1898, and burned in 1910) with the understanding that the land west of the hotel to the cliff overlooking the bay was reserved for a park. The Colony Council approved some replattin...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    36_6_011
  14. BSS.549-550 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of a path in Fairhope's Knoll Park between long leaf pine trees on the bluff overlooking Mobile Bay in Fairhope, Alabama. A single woman in a hat sits on the grass. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  15. BSS.553-554 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the picnic pavilion on the beach in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  16. BSS.608-609 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of a view of Mobile Bay from the bluff in Fairhope, Alabama. The Fairhope Wharf can be seen. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  17. BSS.610-611 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled A Glimpse of Pier Head. Photograph is taken from the bluff overlooking Mobile Bay in Fairhope, Alabama looking over the Wharf. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  18. BSS.616-617 - Photograph, Digital

    Potograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Bay View Promenade Fairhope Ala." A black and white version of this from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection is included. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph, Digital
  19. DBJ-0233 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy titled "Fairhope Views" of three ladies and two men standing in park overlooking Mobile Bay. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0233
  20. DBJ-0237 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy titled "Fairhope Views" of Mobile Bay from the bluffs in Fairhope, Alabama. Two wharves can be seen in the distance. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    DBJ-0237

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