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view in google earthThe community was named for construction of a local lumber mill, which began at the beginning of the 20th century. The Alger-Sullivan Society is the local information source on the history of the town.
Century: Town
What's Nearby?
- Century: Panhandle Restaurant (567 feet)
- Century: Pharmacy (0.5 miles)
- Century: Business Park (0.5 miles)
- Century: Historic District: 7410 Jefferson Avenue (0.5 miles)
- Century: Historic District: Old Hotel (0.5 miles)
- Century: Historic District: Church And Jefferson Streets (0.5 miles)
- Century: Historic District: Showalter House (0.5 miles)
- Century: 7542 South Jefferson Avenue (0.6 miles)
- Century: Tannenheim (1.2 miles)
- Century: Campbells Sand And Gravel Company (1.2 miles)
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The small store faces Highway 29 near City Hall.
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The Showalter home on Jefferson Avenue can be seen on the right of the photograph.
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Jefferson Avenue is the main street through the historic district.
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There a few buildings left of the old town center. Above left, the white storefront is the drugstore.
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The town was planned to have First through Fourth Streets. First somehow became Front Street, porbably because it went in “front” of the mill. Third ended up as Church Street because the Methodists and Baptists built thier church houses there.
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Across the CSX railroad yard from Century is a view of downtown Flomaton, Alabama
