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Letters Recall Old Baker Home in Decatur History
Readers share memories of the Baker home once near the river on Market Street at Bank Street foot. They identify Robert R. Baker as a pre 1900 mayor and note the building’s era named as the old McCartney Inn or Hotel. One account says it served as a Civil War hospital after Yankee shelled the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Baker
Decatur
Freds. Hunt
Cain St
McCartney Inn
Frank D. Baker
Eufaula
Ala
Baker
Walter H. Todd, Sr
Church St
McCartney
Market St
Bank
Tennessee River
Todd
J. B. Stewart
Mr. Young
Phillip Kotcher
Jos. Sugars
Stewart
Chattanooga
Ge W. McIntire
Chestnut St
Twin Cities
McIntire
Skillman
12Th Ave
Grant St
Goodyear