200-year-old store that survived fire is being restored in one of Alabama’s tiniest towns

200-year-old store that survived fire is being restored in one of Alabama’s tiniest towns

On Oct. 9, 1927, fire ripped through the business section of the small town of Lowndesboro, Ala. When the blaze was extinguished, only two stores remained in the town of 264 people. Numerous businesses, all made of wood, were a total loss; the fire is estimated to have caused $7,000 to $10,000 in damage, according to an article in The Birmingham News at the time.