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32 32 from congestive heart failure. "I didn't think social media — Facebook, Twitter and the others — would take such a toll on newspapers, but it has." Adams takes satisfaction in being the senior editor among Alabama newspapers, in running "by far the oldest business in Dale County" and in his 16 years of prior active military and Army National Guard service. "I guess I'm the only editor and publisher in the state who is also a retired military officer," he says. HOLMAN HOUSE Joe Adams couldn't have known it as a youngster, but his grandparents' house would become one of the most heralded in America. He was Jesse DaCosta Holman's first grandchild to roam the huge halls of Ozark's most amazing abode. Alabama Architectural Historian Robert Gamble says there is "no more impressive a home to be found … in terms of size and quality" in a regional triangle bounded by Mobile, Montgomery and Tallahassee, Florida. Saving the house led to the formation of the Ozark Heritage Association (OHA), which since 2013 has raised money to preserve the 24,000-square-foot Greek Revival structure. Built 107 years ago by local African American craftsmen Arthur and Luther Boykin, the Holman House was added in 1982 to the National Register of Historic Places. The Boykins built other significant houses on Broad Street and were known throughout the Wiregrass. Boykin granddaughter Paulette Love is today on the board of the nonprofit protecting the Holman House. The Holman House is widely praised for many architectural features.

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