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NORTHPORT, ALABAMA |
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| HISTORY OF NORTHPORT |
| Settlers began arriving in the area now known as Northport in 1813. By 1816, the community of Kentuck had sprung up on this site. Later a port was established at this location to handle river freight on the Black Warrior River. This port was renamed Northport in 1832 when a post office was established. |
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West Side of Main Street |
| HISTORIC HOMES OF NORTHPORT |
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| NORTHPORT HERITAGE MUSEUM | NORTHPORT COMMUNITY CENTER |
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SHIRLEY PLACE James Shirley built this raised cottage in 1838, using Federal and Creek Revival detailing. Constructed of local handmade brick, it was home for him, his wife, Mary Ann Christian Shirley, and his mother, Elizabeth Shirley. James was town surveyor in the 1830's. He built the first bridge over the Sipsey River in West Tuscaloosa County and Northport's first brick commercial buildings in the 1850's. |
| This house was later the home of William L Christian, a Confederate veteran and Northport merchant, and afterwards the home of George and Grace Christian. In 1979 Marvin Harper, a Shirley descendant, acquired the house. He gave it to the City of Northport in 1997. National Register of Historic Places, March 24, 1972. |
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| HISTORIC CHURCHES OF NORTHPORT |
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NORTHPORT
BAPTIST CHURCH Organized 1838 with 41 charter members. The first minister was Rev A K Atkins. First deacons were J S Reynolds, A R Pool and N Lloyd. Originally named North Tuscaloosa Baptist. Changed 1854 to Northport Baptist. A wooden structure erected at this site 1858. The present brick building 1923 and education annex 1969. Ministers serving this church have been: A K Atkins, Robert Adams, |
| Reuben Dodson, T M Barbour, John T Yerby, John Brown, J H Foster, J H Curry, R D Hale, A J Battle, A A Spiller, H G Smith, Samuel H Henderson, W M Blackwelder, W L White, J R Magill, A T Camp, H D Wilson, A H Mahaffery, J H Wallace, B F Atkins, James L Knight, Dr John P Oakes, J Stanley Kelley, Clinton M Wood. |
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NORTHPORT BAPTIST CHURCH |
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NORTHPORT FIRST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Organized 1837. Moved to present location 1849, where churches have been rebuilt in 1855 and 1913. The bell of this church sounded the tocsin at the approach of General John T Croxton's Union troops in their raid on Tuscaloosa, April 3, 1865. |
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NORTHPORT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH |
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THE M&O RAILROAD
TRESTLE This wooden and steel truss bridge was constructed for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1898 by civil engineer Benjamin Hardaway, an 1887 graduate of the University of Alabama and former Tuscaloosa City Engineer. Originally 135 feet high with a 110 foot clearance, it was once considered by many to be the country's longest trestle at 3600 feet. This bridge, along with Old Locks One, Two and Three greatly improved transportation in West Alabama and heralded an era of economic development in the early 20th century. |
| In later years the M&O Railroad became successively the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, the Illinois Central Gulf, and the Kansas City Southern. |
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| SIGNS OF THE TIMES FROM NORTHPORT |
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| SIGNS OF THE TIMES | RECYCLING THE PAST | CROWNING GLORY |
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| CLUB DEAD | MASSACRE ON MAIN | IMPORT PARTS |
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