W. L. Westbrook Grocery Store, Intersection of County Route 27 & County Route 29, Spring Garden, Cherokee County, AL

Significance: Spring Garden was typical of the small interior cotton market towns scattered through the black belt south. During the town's heyday, the retail district comprised a grocery store, a cotton gin, saw mill, and livery stable. The only surviving building, the c. 1878 W.L. Westbrook Grocery Store, with its 14-in masonry walls, corbeled cornices, and arched second story windows, is typical of late nineteenth century commercial buildings. The building's solid bricks were produced and fired in the vicinity.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N892
Survey number: HAER AL-194
Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work