Possible New Location for Hermit's Hut Selected

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Fairhope, Alabama 

 

 

Possible new site.

Parker Road now.

 

COULD BE MOVED SOON

Sonny Brewer pointed out a likely spot to where the famous Montrose hermit's hut may be moved when sufficient funding is raised, on the the west side of the new Flying Creek Nature Preserve adjacent the proposed carriage trail.

More details about fundraising are coming, but anyone wanting to donate now should send it to the mayor's office -- with appropriate notation, Brewer said.

Brewer is author of a novel called 'The Poet of Tolstoy Park' about the hut -- and initiated the relocation idea to save the hut from demolition due to potential new development in the Parker Road/US 98 area.


Inside hut.


Location: Fairhope, AL 36532, USA

Comments

Anonymous said…
That spot could flood
Monday, July 01, 2024
Anonymous said…
Looks like a good place for it
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Anonymous said…
I thght they were going to put it behind the museum?
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Anonymous said…
If history is in an inconvenient place then just move history to another place! It is all about making as much money as you can and if things get in your way then just move them out of the way.
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Anonymous said…
Historical Artifacts are often taken and moved into museums for safekeeping. This is no different.
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Anonymous said…
Could you please list all the Museums that would move this dome house and house it?
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Anonymous said…
The current owner wanted it moved behind the Fairhope museum of history, at one time. Others want to keep it in Montrose.
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Anonymous said…
If they move it, I think the Fly Creek Nature Reserve would be a more
natural setting than concrete behind the museum.
I was against moving it until I learned it will be demolished.
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Thoreau said…
So now we’re using the triangle nature park to store old houses…
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Anonymous said…
After reading Sonny Brewer’s book I was shocked to find the Poet’s home surrounded by asphalt in a parking lot. The Poet wanted to escape to the natural environment of greater Fairhope, the soon-to-be “Triangle Park” is about the last sizable scrap of the natural environment I am aware of on this side of 98. Let’s not lose a precious, historic part of our past to a downtown parking lot or a Montrose parking lot! To sense the Fairhope of the Poet we need to see his home safely relocated to the “Triangle Park” - it’s location, location, location, as the real estate industry tells us!
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Anonymous said…
I hope they will have security or cameras in that area.
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
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