FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — After more than 100 years standing in Montrose, a piece of Fairhope history known as the Hermit Hut is preparing for its new home at the Flying Creek Nature Preserve.
Back in the 1920s, a man named Henry Stuart began building a dome-shaped hut when he first moved to Montrose.
“He built it by himself. He hauled 9,000 pounds of bricks and 13,000 pounds of sand up from the beach, a mile and a half away, on a wooden wheelbarrow,” local author Sonny Brewer said…