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FOOD & DRINK
Brewing up success in a historic Dothan building
They take coffee seriously at Mural City Coffee Co. Open since 2018, this espresso bar and roastery in historic downtown Dothan is a business and preservation success story. The company takes its name from the many murals that adorn Dothan’s older structures, a project that began in the 1990s and sparked a downtown revitalization. There isn’t a mural on the side of Mural City Coffee Co.’s building. But, long ago, there used to be. In the early 20th century, a farming-supply and mercantile store owned by William Singletary and A.D. Whiddon originally occupied the space. A stylized mural advertising International brand farming machinery covered the side wall. In the mid-1930s, Archie Carmichael, Singletary’s nephew, purchased Whiddon’s share of the company. Thereafter, it became known as the Carmichael Building. Folks who grew up around Dothan in the 1980s and ’90s likely remember it as the home of Carmichael Electronics.
July Chapter Chat: The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Calling all bookworms! For the latest edition of Chapter Chat, Chris Warren, Director of the Dothan Houston County Library Systems, is helping News4 beat the heat with the classic and widely-beloved novel, The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck. The novel, published in 1961, was...
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