Flowers Bakery

Flowers Bakery

Opelika, AL; Lee County, AL; Industry; Baked Goods

First opened by W.H. "Bud" Ingram in the Clement Hotel in Opelika in 1910, it moved to the Montgomery Brothers' Building in 1911 and to its own building on S 8th St. in 1914. Ingram sold the business to Jim Tom Hamilton in 1923 who moved the operation to three combined building on 231 8th. The bakery was purchased by Hamilton's son in 1936 and the name was changed from Ingram's to Hamilton's Bakery. In 1962, Hamilton built a new building at 101 Simmons St. and in 1964 the business was purchased by Flowers Baking Company of Thomasville, GA. The business is still in operation as of 2014.

Jonathan Sedlaczek

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"The Heritage of Lee County, Alabama"

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

1910-Present

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