A micro, log-only cache located on the grounds of the historic and beautiful Malbis Nursery. The nursery was built in the early 1900's as part of the Malbis settlement and is now used for weddings and parties. Be sure to drive through the front driveway and take a look. True Southern charm! Shoud be a fairly quick grab for most cachers. Be discrete and replace it as found please. BYOP.
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In 1907 Jason Malbis crossed Mobile Bay by boat and from a vision inspired by God began what is today Malbis Plantation. The tens of thousands of acres of land reached from the bluffs of Lake Forest for four miles along what is today Interstate-10, Timber Creek, the Eastern Shore Centre and schools from Daphne High School to Rockwell Middle School. The crowning achivement is the Malbis Memorial Church, made of stone from Greece and hand painted frescos of gold leaf. The Byzantine inspired architecture is one of the finest examples in the United States. The Malbis Plantation had its own bakery, dairy and community with dorms for men and women. The bakery was located in downtown Mobile, and thrived as did the many other Malbis Plantation businesses including restaurants and a motel. In fact the largest skyscraper in Mobile was planned by Malbis, only to be stopped by the Depression. Still the community continued under generations of leadership after Jason Malbis died, selling land to Diamondhead Corporation to create Lake Forest, Alabama’s largest subdivision. President Nafseka Mallars was president when land was sold for the exclusive TimberCreek golf development. She also instructed the Malbis Memorial Foundation to give for a small fee a park of giant oak trees to the City of Daphne, today known as Centennial Park. Ms. Antigone Papageorge, Ms. Bessie Papas and George Malbis were next as presidents, developing Historic Malbis residential and commercial areas and the Eastern Shore Centre, a regional lifestyle center on Interstate 10. Today land continues to be their major asset, and selling land is something that happens only rarely, as time and the real estate market dictates. The generations have dwindled over time, but the vision remains with the latest president William Scourtes. His vision on the 100th birthday of Malbis Plantation is to preserve the remarkable past history, and tell its story of immigration, spiritual journeys, commerce and American ingenuity, in the heart of Alabama’s fastest growing county, Baldwin County.