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Addie Shirley Darden (1872-1965), Beulah Shirley (1870-1951), and Mattie Shirley Harper (1875-1960) were the daughters of Sarah Angeline and Joseph Shirley. The late Northport historian Marvin Harper was the son of Mattie Shirley Harper, one of her…

G.W. Christian and Company on the northwest corner at Fifth Street and Main Avenue in Northport . Mr. Tom Christian is in the buggy. The building later housed the Spiller Furniture Company and now houses a shop called Gracefully Done.

This photo shows the City Café and Maxwell Tire and Oil Company on Main Avenue in Northport during the 1951 flood.

Christian and Faucett was a general merchandise store located on the northwest corner of Main Avenue and Columbus Street in Northport. The structure in the photo was replaced in 1904 by the G. W. Christian and Co. Building.

Pictured are S.P.…

This marker was located at Northport City Hall on Lurleen Wallace Boulevard at 20th Street in Northport. Newly built in 1965, the building housed, not only city government and Northport police, but Northport's first fire department, as well. Prior…

Reuben D. Dodson was the pastor of Northport Baptist Church from 1857 to 1860. Dodson, a South Carolina native, married Elizabeth Anders in 1827. He and Otis Dyer surveyed the downtown Northport area and sold it off in lots. The Dodson-Dyer Survey is…

The O.M. Davis home at 213 Bridge Avenue in Northport flooded on April 13, 1979. The flood level was at 65.7 feet. The record level at that time was a flood in 1961 that reached 66.7 feet.

Grace Davis pumps gas at her father's, O.M. Davis', gas station on Bridge Avenue in Northport. The car is a 1935 Ford that has a 1936 tag. Up to 10 gallons of gas could be pumped by hand into the glass container at the top. Gravity emptied the gas…

Edward D. "BIG ED" Robertson ( 1930-2003), during a career of public service that lasted 24 years, earned a reputation as a bold and sometimes controversial leader who stood up for the unfortunate and spoke his mind. Robertson represented the…

A view of downtown Northport at the intersection of 5th Street and Main Avenue. The Northport branch of the Friedman Library which moved to this location in 1968 is on the corner. Other stores include Hamilton's Barber Shop, Anders Hardware which…