Related Records

1. 34_72_012 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 2 Church Street South in Fairhope, Alabama. Commercial building built in c.1935 -1940 by Forster and Sons. 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." The building was originally used as garage and service space for The Mecca Service Station (aka The Me...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 34_72_013 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 2 Church Street South in Fairhope, Alabama. Built 1935-1940. This building was used as office space for the auto repair shop (garage) it adjoined (see 34_72_012). It shared a street address with the auto repair shop. The auto repair shop was the garage repair area for The Mecca Service Station (sometimes called The Mecca Filling Station) which started business in 1935. See 34_72_03...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 34_72_060-061 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 218 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1935-1936 by Oswald Forster and Sons. 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." This commercial building was called The Mecca (The Mecca Service Station, The Mecca Filling Station), and operated as su...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. FMH_0315 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph, c.1970s, of Jeane's Decoupage shop in Fairhope, Alabama. This arts and crafts business sold locally crafted items like ceramics, decoupage, needlework, stained glass, etc. The building was built c.1935-1936 and is in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. It was originally built as The Mecca Service Station, which had a garage and was the bus depot for a time. The building has housed a number of businesses over the years, and...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. FMH_0642 - Legal Documents

   Legal agreement dated October 1, 1946 extablishing the Mecca Taxi business in Fairhope, Alabama. Partners are Robert G. Mason and Grady Edmondson. The Mecca was a service station at the southwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Church Street, Note: Grady Edmondson's name is spelled incorrectly in the document as "Edmundson." From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection.

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
6. FMH_0643 - Photograph, Digital

   Watercolor, no date, no artist, of The Mecca service station (est. 1935-1936) in downtown Fairhope, Alabama, located on the southwest corner of Church Street and Fairhope Avenue. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection.

   Record Type: Photo