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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.…

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…

Newly built in 1965, the building housed, not only city government and Northport police, but Northport's first fire department, as well. Prior to April of 1965, the city of Tuscaloosa handled all fire calls in Northport.

The city moved to new…

City Cafe in Northport, AL, was opened in the 1940s by Bill Hitt when he returned from fighting in World War II. He owned the business with Hoyt Brasher until the 1960s.

When the men owned City Cafe, it was not the mecca for college students…

William Daniel “Dan” Morrison served on the Northport City Council from 1964 to 1971 when he was elected to complete the term of Northport Mayor George Rose. He served as mayor for 18 months in 1971-1972. He was reelected a councilman in 1988 and…

F. L. Barnes served as mayor of Northport from 1926 to 1932.