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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJC5_patton-chapel-church-1866_Hoover-AL.html
Just after the War Between the States Robert Berry Patton gave seven acres of land, logs from his sawmill to build a church, school and cemetery. He served as the first pastor. Fire destroyed the church in 1908 and 1938. The school served the area…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZ9_the-park-avenue-historical-district_Birmingham-AL.html
51 Structures, 70% residential, built early 20th century to post World War II period.The 1885 sale of Gardner Hale's land began the housing development. The 33 acre 1924 Independent Presbyterian Church Children's Fresh Air Farm, 1923 Bluff Park El…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZ8_shades-crest-road-historical-district_Hoover-AL.html
Indian, Wagon Trail, now Shades Crest Road, led to popular chalybeate springs. Summit, now Bluff Park, was a resort known for its view, cool air and healing mineral water. In 1899 school / church was built. In 1909 Bluff Park Hotel, built on land …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYP_overseers-house_Birmingham-AL.html
This house was provided for the overseer of the 560-acre A. B. Howell Peach Orchard. William Morgan and William and Evan Hale were overseers. The house was purchased by John and Marie Taylor in 1989 and was placed on the Alabama Register of Landma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYL_lovers-leap_Hoover-AL.html
The poetic lines inscribed on the boulder below is a replica of those carved in 1827 by Thomas W. Farrar.Thomas W. Farrar was the Founder and first Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Alabama 1821-22-24.This historical site donated to the public …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYI_hale-joseph-home_Hoover-AL.html
William M. and Evan Hale built this home on the 400 acres purchased by Gardner Hale in 1862. The Hales descended from two signers of the Mayflower compact, 1620. Purchased in 1993 by Carlo and Dianne Joseph, it was placed on the Alabama Register o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYH_bluff-park-elementary-school-hoover-community-education_Hoover-AL.html
Summit/Hale Sps., a one-room school, opened on the mountain in 1898. It moved to this site and was named Bluff Park Elementary School with 50 students and funded with community support in 1923. From two-rooms, it expanded to 32 classrooms in 1988.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIXN_founding-of-hoover_Hoover-AL.html
The City of Hoover has grown rapidly since its incorporation in 1967 from a small four block area west of this site. A metal shed behind Employers Ins. Co. became the first fire station and "city hall." A bank, grocery, hardware, drug store and a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5G_shades-crest-road-historical-district_Birmingham-AL.html
Indian, Wagon Trail, now Shades Crest Road, led to popular chalybeate springs. Summit, now Bluff Park, was a resort known for its view, cool air and healing mineral water. In 1899 school / church was built. In 1909 Bluff Park Hotel, built on land …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI57_ross-bridge_Hoover-AL.html
In 1858 James Taylor Ross, a Scotchman, migrated to the South, acquired land and homesteaded in what is now Shades Valley. He provided land for the construction of a railway, including a bridge spanning Ross Creek. After the Ross family moved west…