Street House
Wood Acres Rd. off CR 3, Point Clear, ALIn September of 1906 the Mobile Bay area was devastated by a hurricane. Damage to the communities along the Eastern Shore and the bays and bayous of Baldwin County was extensive. Among the many displaced families was that of William Street, a farmer whose residence on Weeks Bay was destroyed. William moved his wife and children into a new residence less than a mile from Mobile Bay in Point Clear. Most of the residents of Point Clear lived immediately on the shore line or very near it. The land to the east was suitable for agriculture, resulting in the establishment of farms in this location, particularly after the turn of the century. Street's sons Charles, 19 and Luther, 16, helped their father farm the land until his death shortly after 1906. The family continued to reside in the house and in the late 1920s Charles married. Though the house was vacant from 1960 to 1985, it remained in the family and was renovated by the present owner, H. Vaughn Street, III in 1984.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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