Editing Mooresville, Alabama (section)

==History==
Mooresville is one of the oldest incorporated towns in Alabama, having been incorporated on November 16, 1818, when [[Alabama Territory|Alabama was still a Territory]]. It was named for early settlers, Robert and William Moore who located on land which became the site of Mooresville.  [[Andrew Johnson]], later to become to 17th president of the United States, lived in Mooresville as an apprentice tailor when he was a young man.<ref name="town-website">[http://www.mooresvillealabama.com/ Town of Mooresville website]</ref> The [[Union Army]] occupied Mooresville several times during the Civil War, and a few skirmishes were fought in the vicinity. Future U.S. president [[James Garfield]], then a Union general camped in the area, delivered a sermon at the Mooresville Church of Christ in 1863.<ref name=town-website />  Mooresville thrived as a cotton farming hub until the early 20th century, when the [[boll weevil]] infestation wrecked the cotton economy.<ref>James P. Kaetz, "[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3788 Mooresville]," ''Encyclopedia of Alabama'', 31 August 2016.</ref>

The entire town, described as a picturesque early 19th century village, is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>  Many of the older public buildings, including the Stagecoach Inn and Tavern, the Brick Church, the Post Office, and the Church of Christ, are owned and maintained by the town's residents.<ref name="town-website"/>

===Historic buildings===

*'''Stagecoach Inn and Tavern''' (1820s) &ndash; a frame building constructed before 1825 that served as an [[inn]] and post office.  This building was documented by the [[Historic American Buildings Survey]] in the 1930s, and underwent extensive restoration in the 1990s.<ref name=town-website />
*'''Mooresville Post Office''' (1840) &ndash; located at the corner of Lauderdale and High streets, this post office is the oldest in operation in Alabama and has call boxes dating before the [[American Civil War]]. Some of the call boxes have been owned by the same families since before the Civil War. The call boxes and some of the office furnishings actually predate the building, having been used in the nearby Stagecoach Inn and Tavern.<ref name=town-website />
*'''Brick Church''' (1839) &ndash; a [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival-style]] church built of handmade bricks that stands on Lauderdale Street.  Originally a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] church, it later served as a [[Methodist]] church and a [[Baptist]] mission.  The church's recessed entrance is supported by two stucco-covered columns.<ref name=town-website />
*'''Mooresville Church of Christ''' (1854) &ndash; a white [[clapboard (architecture)|clapboard]] church on Market Street that originally served as a meeting house for the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]].  The rear wing and entry vestibule were added in 1937.<ref name=town-website />