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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM261O_dothan-municipal-light-and-water-plant_Dothan-AL.html
Municipal
Light & Water Plant
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1991
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM260Y_dothan-dixie-standpipe_Dothan-AL.html
One hundred feet tall and sixteen feet in diameter, this structure embodies the significance of "pure and plentiful" water resulting in the city's early growth and development as the hub of the Wiregrass region. Through the careful stewardship of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y0E_first-missionary-baptist-church-historical_Dothan-AL.html
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In 1889, Georgia Baptists led by Reverend W. M. Carter organized the New Hope Baptist Church in the village of Poplar Head. Reverend Robert Nelson was called as the first pastor. In 1907, newly-elected trustees incorporated its successor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SQR_boyhood-home-of-rev-bob-jones_Dothan-AL.html
Near this spot was the boyhood home of Rev. Bob Jones, (1884-1968), D.D., L.L.D., internationally known evangelist and founder of Bob Jones University. The eleventh child of W. Alexander and Georgia Creel Jones, he was three months old when the fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E6K_the-steamboat-era_Dothan-AL.html
There were few roads in the Wiregrass in 1800s - and the roads that were here were little more than twin rutted paths. The main transportation in the region was the steamboats on the Chattahoochee River on the east, and, to a lesser degree, the bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E5J_headland-presbyterian-church_Dothan-AL.html
Side 1Organized on July 8, 1897 by the commission of South Alabama Presbytery. From the original seventeen members, J.D. Jones, N. M. McDonald, and I. M. Barton were elected ruling elders and Dr. Charles Sporman, D. R. Redding, and W. R. McDonald …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E5I_the-waddell-house_Dothan-AL.html
Side 1This quaint turn of the century farmhouse originally stood on an 80 acre farm, located 2 miles west of the Houston County Courthouse. The house was built by Bud Bush of heart pine lumber from the sawmill owned and operated by Lesker H. Wadde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E5H_shelley-general-store_Dothan-AL.html
Side 1William Lafayette Shelley (1868-1953), son of Mark Shelley and Mary Jane Ronie Shelley, was a progressive farmer and entrepreneur in the Tumbleton community of Henry County, Alabama. "Papa Billy", as he was known by family, impacted the reli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E5E_mallalieu-seminary_Kinsey-AL.html
Side 1Organized in 1882 at nearby Rocky Creek Methodist Church for educational purposes. This school, which occupied approximately seven acres surrounding this marker, was supported by the Methodist Episcopal Church North. This school was first kn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E52_cherry-street-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Dothan-AL.html
On this site in 1877 Gaines Chapel Church was organized. A wooden structure was erected adjacent to an existing graveyard. In 1891 and 1901 additional land was purchased.
In 1908 the present building was dedicated. This structure was of early t…