Woodville Historical District

Hodges-Proctor
David Logan Kennamer
Robert L. Jones
John W. Boggess
Pleasant Jacob Kennamer
Charlotte Roberts
Thomas-Collins
Woodall-Cobb
John Wesley Maples
Elbert R. Campbell
Walter J. Kennamer
David C. Kennamer, Sr.
Samuel Elbert Kennamer
Henry D. Stephens
W.G. Jones, Sr.
George S. Butler
Ernest Thomas
William Sidney Kennamer
Peter F. Maples
Luther Thomason
J.R. Kennamer, Sr.
Monroe Hodges
J.R. Kennamer, Jr.

Site of the First
Methodist Church

The Town Well
Woodville Depot
Kennamer & Campbell Store
Hodges Barber Shop
Methodist Chapel
Church of Christ
Baptist Church

Kennamer and Campbell Store
-1909-

In 1903, J.R. Kennamer, Sr. bought a small business house from P.H. Woodall that stood where the present Bob Jones Community Center now stands. J.R. entered the mercantile business along with some of the Kennamers and others as partners. Around
1909, J.R. Kennamer had a new mercantile building built on the same site as the old building used in 1903. Elbert Campbell joined J.R. as partner in the mercantile business. This storehouse was known as the Kennamer and Campbell Store House. Later, the
Campbell Brothers bought the building and stock from J.R. Kennamer and they ran it until they retired in the 1970's
In J.R. Kennamer's memoirs he refers to how different mercantile business was in 1903-1909. The merchants usually bought two big bills of goods a year since communication was limited. He refers to there being entirely too much credit and if a merchant over bought
a supply of goods, instead of storing or keeping the goods for the next year he would have sales at low prices and also auctions were held. People would come from miles to get a good low price item.
After the Campbell Brothers retired from the mercantile business, Bob Jones bought the building and used it as a place to store some of his records and memorabilia. Around 1980, Bob Jones moved his records to Scottsboro and gave the building to the Town of Woodville. The building is used as a community center and a Historical Museum. It is known today as the Bob Jones Community Center.