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Montevallo Lumber Company
The tiny office that once adjoined Red Mahan’s barber shop and today is next door to Montevallo Realty was the headquarters for the...
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Dec 11, 20181 min read
The Little Shop
Moving east on the north side of Main Street just after Klotzman’s and the Montevallo Lumber Co. office was a store space previously...
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Montevallo #TBT
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Stone Jewelry
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stone came to Montevallo just before 1950 when the coal mines at Boothton, west of Montevallo near the Cahaba River,...
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Dec 9, 20181 min read
Hoffmans' "5¢ to $5"
#ThrowbackThursday visitors have previously been introduced to two Jewish merchant families with stores on Main Street in the...
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Dec 8, 20181 min read
Plaza Grill
On the south side of Main Street, in the middle of the block next door to the Montevallo First Baptist Church, stands a two story...
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Dec 7, 20182 min read
Plaza Grill, Part 2
When Billy Rotenberry purchased the ownership and management of the Plaza Grill, he transformed what had been a basic eatery into a...
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Dec 6, 20182 min read
Holcombe's, Dollar Saver, Firestone
The first floor of the two story building next door to Hoffman’s store was occupied in the 1930’s and 1940’s by Holcombe’s Grocery Store....
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Dec 4, 20182 min read
Jeter Mercantile - Part 1
Jeter Mercantile was a stalwart of Montevallo Main Street retailers for most of the 20th century. Beginning as a partnership known as...
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Dec 3, 20182 min read
Jeter Mercantile - Part 2
In addition to the varied lines of merchandise that Jeter Mercantile offered to Montevallo customers, it also competed with F.W. Rogan’s...
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Dec 2, 20181 min read
Montevallo Drug Co. - Part 1
CPA Charlotte Conwell and attorney Steve Sears have maintained offices in the building next door to the old Jeter’s store since the...
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Dec 1, 20181 min read
Montevallo Drug Co. – Part 2
Thank you Clay Nordan, Vice President of the Montevallo Historical Society, for this information!
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Nov 30, 20183 min read
The Pizza Villa
When the fire damage to Montevallo Drug Co. had been cleared away and the store remodeled and brought back to life, Jack Sims returned to...
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Nov 29, 20182 min read
On the Corner - Part 1
For long-time residents of Montevallo, the most iconic and enduring commercial building on Main Street is without a doubt the elegant...
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Nov 28, 20184 min read
On the Corner - Part 2
Kyle McClure was a Pharmacy graduate of Howard College (Samford University today) who came to Montevallo after working for five years in...
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Nov 27, 20184 min read
On the Corner - Part 3
When Dr. P.C. Wilson sold his drug store to Kyle McClure in 1954, his brother, Bloomer Wilson, his long-time assistant in running the...
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Nov 26, 20182 min read
Montevallo First Baptist Church
The Montevallo First Baptist Church has been an architectural and spiritual landmark on Main Street since the existing building was...
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Nov 25, 20182 min read
Montevallo First Baptist Church, Part 2: The Reid House Fire
A Personal Account by Clay Nordan, Vice President of Montevallo Historical Society: "I graduated from Auburn in the spring of 1971 and...
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Nov 24, 20181 min read
Reid House Fire Video - 1972
This is a home movie of the fire that destroyed the two-story Victorian house of Mrs. J. I. Reid that occupied the lot behind the Baptist...
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Nov 21, 20182 min read
Middle Street Basements Open for Business
After completing his purchase of Pat Kroell’s new building on Main Street in 1936, it was not long before Stanley White invited customers...
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Nov 20, 20181 min read
#717, #721, and #727 Middle Street – Part 1
The history of the numerous businesses that occupied these three buildings on the west side of Middle Street in the 20th Century is a...
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