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717, #721, and #727 Middle Street – Part 2
Ownership of the businesses occupying the three Middle Street buildings we have been focused on started to change and evolve in the...
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Nov 18, 20183 min read
#717, #721, and #727 Middle Street – Part 3
Below: A composite guide to the many retailers and occupants of the west side buildings on Middle Street in the early- to mid-twentieth...
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Nov 17, 20183 min read
Carpenter Shoe Shop and Carpenter Bros. Garage
For more than half a century, Carpenter Bros. Garage was a quirky reminder on Middle Street of the first repair shops that sprung up at...
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Nov 16, 20181 min read
Ottis Bean Barber Shop
Ottis Bean got his start as a barber in a small shop on the outskirts of town at the intersection of Highway 25 and Highway 155 (The...
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Nov 15, 20182 min read
Montevallo Cleaners
In 1949, ownership of Montevallo Cleaners, which was located at the time in the 721 building on Middle Street next to Carpenter Brothers...
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Nov 14, 20182 min read
Shell Service Station
There has been a gas station on the southeast corner of Middle and Valley Streets since “Dr.” P.C. Wilson, owner and druggist at Wilson’s...
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Nov 13, 20182 min read
Alabama Coaches Co.
W.L. Brown, and his sons Hansel and Wyman, started Brown Motor Coaches Co. in the early 1930’s transporting Alabama College students to...
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Nov 12, 20182 min read
Montevallo Bakery and Cafe on Middle Street
(Left) 730 Middle Street following a spruce up in 2021 as part of Montevallo Main Street’s successful “Facade Grant” program for...
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Nov 11, 20182 min read
The Building at 720 Middle Street
The building at right in this photo (320 Middle Street – current occupant, “Montevallo Makers”) was constructed adjacent to the existing...
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Nov 10, 20182 min read
Hicks' Ben Franklin Store
Having worked our way with weekly “Throwback” features down Main Street in the past several months to Middle Street, we cross the street...
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Nov 9, 20183 min read
Montevallo Mercantile Co.
This week we return to Main Street and continue to explore the history of businesses and buildings along Montevallo’s primary...
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Nov 8, 20181 min read
Owl's Cove – Part 1
This week we move on to the first true residential dwelling house that we have encountered on our trek along Main Street. It's fitting...
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Nov 7, 20181 min read
Owl’s Cove – Part 2
To complete our story about the George Kroell house on Main Street, we’re reprinting two articles from the 1960’s that provide a bit more...
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Nov 6, 20183 min read
Owl’s Cove – Part 3
In the name of progress, Montevallo sacrificed the landmark George Kroell house in order to make way for a futuristic new structure that...
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Nov 5, 20182 min read
Service Stations
Off and on during the twentieth century there were as many as four different automotive service stations operating on Main Street, each...
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Nov 4, 20182 min read
The H.C. Reynolds / F.W. Rogan House
This week we begin to make our way along the south side of Main Street in the block between Middle and Vine streets. As we have...
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Nov 3, 20181 min read
The Derby Hotel and Restaurant
Evidence of the arrival of the Derby Hotel and Restaurant on Middle Street in Montevallo first appears in local advertising in 1947....
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Nov 2, 20182 min read
Gulf Service Station
One of the auto service stations doing business along Main Street at one time or another was located for at least 30 years in the middle...
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Nov 1, 20183 min read
Fancher Radio Shop
Just a few steps to the east from Eddie Mahaffey’s service station toward the Masonic Building once stood what was known as the Albright...
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Oct 31, 20182 min read
Albright Building – Part 1
The two story Albright building that stood for many years on the southwest corner of the intersection of Main and Vine streets was...
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