ANDERSON GARAGE

     Paul Anderson was drafted for service in World War I. He had been in uniform one week when the war ended November 1918. His father wanted him to go to college, but Paul chose to go to a machinist school in Kansas City. About a year later in 1919, he was married and he and his older brother, Joe Anderson, started Silverhill's first automobile shop.

Paul Anderson WWI draft registration card dated September 12, 1918. It shows he was 19 years old working for his parents as a farmer.

     In 1920 Paul Anderson bought one lot just north from the center of town on County Road 55, where he built his house. In 1921, he bought the two lots directly behind his house where he built a garage. Paul and his brother Joe moved their automobile business into the building.

Anderson Garage about 1921. Another print of the same photo as above.

     Will Hlobil, the barber, built a barbershop on the south side of the Anderson Garage in about 1921. In 1923, he built his own barbershop directly across from the Anderson Garage on County Road 55.

This is a recent satellite view of the town block 12, lot 7 bought in 1920 that contained the Anderson Home, highlighted in magenta. - Click to enlarge.

This is a recent satellite view of the town block 12, lots 5 and 6 bought in 1921 that contained the Anderson Garage, highlighted in magenta. - Click to enlarge.

Location:

The Paul Anderson house was on the west side of County Road 55 at the corner of N Park Drive next to the NE Market Square (town block 12, lot 7). The house is still standing, which in 2024, is the Silverhill Church of Christ.

The Anderson Garage was directly behind his house (town block 12, lots 5, 6). The garage building no longer exists.

Interesting facts:

1. In 1927, Paul Anderson bought a larger garage called the Silverhill Motor Co. from Clarence Anderson. Read more here about the Silverhill Motor Co. built by Clarence Anderson.


2. Paul Anderson and Clarence Anderson were not related.


3. By 1940, Paul Anderson was living in Fairhope and working at Klumpp Motor Company as an automobile salesman.

Anderson Garage about 1921.