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Photographer: Sandra Hughes Tidwell
Taken: December 6, 2009
Caption: Oliver-Hill Bedingfield General Merchandise Store (1908)
Additional Description: Built in 1908 this building began as a shoe store and changed to a general merchandise store in 1929. The Bedingfield acquired it in 1941 and operated it for over 50 years. The motto was "We doze, but we never close." The opening of I-565 caused business to drop off in the 1990s and eventually resulted in it closure. It is now a restaurant.
Submitted: January 5, 2022, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p631785
File Size: 1.613 Megabytes

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