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'''Andrew Marre'''<!--or Marree--> (died c. [[1896]]) was a merchant and cotton buyer. He was the first to purchase a [[Birmingham]] city lot at the [[June 1]], [[1871]] auction held by the [[Elyton Land Company]]. | '''Andrew<!--most have "A. Marre", but WPA-1941 and later sources have "Andrew"--> Marre'''<!--or Marree--> (died c. [[1896]]) was a merchant and cotton buyer. He was the first to purchase a [[Birmingham]] city lot at the [[June 1]], [[1871]] auction held by the [[Elyton Land Company]]. | ||
Major Marre came to [[Jones Valley]] from New Orleans, Louisiana<!--Cruikshank has Montgomery, | Major Marre came to [[Jones Valley]] from New Orleans, Louisiana<!--Cruikshank has Montgomery, Henley and Norton have Mississippi and WPA-1941 and others have New Orleans--> and purchased his a 50-foot by 100-foot lot on the northeast corner of [[1st Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]] for $100<!--DuBose and Cruikshank have $150, but Caldwell, who had access to Elyton Company records, has $100-->. He constructed a [[Marre building|two-story stone building]] there to house his [[Marre & Allen]] general store. He also built a [[Andrew Marre residence|house]] on the southwest corner of [[19th Street South|19th Street]] and [[5th Avenue South|Avenue E]] on the [[southside|south side]] of the [[Railroad Reservation]]. | ||
Marre was appointed to the first [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]] in the administration of [[Robert Henley]]. He was not elected to continue in that post in the [[1873 Birmingham municipal election|1873 election]]. | Marre was appointed to the first [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]] in the administration of [[Robert Henley]]. He was not elected to continue in that post in the [[1873 Birmingham municipal election|1873 election]]. | ||
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Revision as of 11:52, 24 July 2014
Andrew Marre (died c. 1896) was a merchant and cotton buyer. He was the first to purchase a Birmingham city lot at the June 1, 1871 auction held by the Elyton Land Company.
Major Marre came to Jones Valley from New Orleans, Louisiana and purchased his a 50-foot by 100-foot lot on the northeast corner of 1st Avenue North and 19th Street for $100. He constructed a two-story stone building there to house his Marre & Allen general store. He also built a house on the southwest corner of 19th Street and Avenue E on the south side of the Railroad Reservation.
Marre was appointed to the first Birmingham Board of Aldermen in the administration of Robert Henley. He was not elected to continue in that post in the 1873 election.
Marre was a founding member of the Birmingham Lodge No. 384 of Free and Accepted Masons in December 1871 and a director of the Birmingham Insurance Company, organized in 1884.
References
- DuBose, John Witherspoon (1886) The Mineral Wealth of Alabama and Birmingham Illustrated. Birmingham: N. T. Green & Co.
- Dubose, John Witherspoon (1887) Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham: Teeple & Smith, Publishers; Caldwell Printing Works.
- Caldwell, Henry M. (1892) History of the Elyton Land Company and Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham: Elyton Land Company
- Cruikshank, George H. (1920) History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests 2 volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company. - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- Alabama Writers Project (1941) Alabama: a Guide to the Deep South. Alabama State Planning Commission/Works Progress Administration