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After he was quite elderly, William Rufus Dodson, a decendant of the surveyor Dodson who first surveyed Northport in the 1820s, built this home about 1890. The property was deeded to Lewis Williamson upon Mr. Dodson's death. Robert G. Mitchell was…

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…

Wayne Rose served as mayor of Northport from 1988 to 2000, taking office after defeating incumbent Ed Robertson.

The Rose family has a long history of service to Northport. His uncle, George Rose, was a two-term Northport mayor during the late…

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…

Sam P. “Bill” Faucett Jr. (top), W. Lewis Faucett (center), George Faucett (not pictured), J. Roy Faucett (not pictured) and Omar T. Faucett (bottom) are the five namesakes of Faucett Brothers Store, located in the now Historic District of downtown…

Right is G.W. Christian, Sr., to the left is G.W. Christian, II and in the middle is Tom Christian.

"Tabernacle Freewill Baptist Church is a full time church established in 1875. The church will celebrate it's 100th Birthday, Sunday, October 5, 1975.

The Church is located between Bethany and Brownville on the Mitchell Road.

Sunday School-…

St. Mark United Methodist Church was the Tuscaloosa News Feature Church on December 4, 1970. Charles W. Bell was minister of the church at this time.

"St. Mark United Methodist Church is located at 1421 McFarland Boulevard in Northport. The church…

The Spencer and Evans Store was located at 412 Main Avenue in Northport. (L to R) Ford Spencer, John Powell Williams, Archie Evans and Kenneth Evans.

Simpson's Store and Bell Drug Company located in the old Christian Brothers store at the corner of Fifth Street and Main Avenue in Northport.