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:''This article is about the market at | :''This article is about the market at 2211-2215 3rd Avenue North. For other markets, see [[City Market (disambiguation)]].'' | ||
[[File:Municipal Market.JPG|right|thumb|450px|Exterior of the Municipal Market]] | [[File:Municipal Market.JPG|right|thumb|450px|Exterior of the Municipal Market]] | ||
[[File:Municipal Market interior.JPG|right|thumb|450px|Interior of the Municipal Market]] | [[File:Municipal Market interior.JPG|right|thumb|450px|Interior of the Municipal Market]] | ||
The '''Municipal Market''' was a public market building constructed in the 1920s on the southwest corner of [[23rd Street North|23rd Street]] | The '''Municipal Market''' was a public market building constructed in the 1920s at 2211-2215 [[3rd Avenue North]], on the southwest corner of [[23rd Street North|23rd Street]]. The interior of the market was divided into 100 numbered stall spaces, which were leased individually or in groups by individual vendors. | ||
It operated as a public market for the remainder of the decade, but was vacant before January [[1935]], at which time it was under consideration as a site for a new [[Graymont Armory|National Guard Armory]], which was constructed in [[Graymont]] instead. It housed [[Whitton's Auto Service Co.]] garage in the early 1940s. The building was extensively altered and expanded as the [[Red Cross Building]] in [[1946]]. | |||
==Stalls== | ==Stalls== | ||
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* [[Mary Newman Sausage Co.]] | * [[Mary Newman Sausage Co.]] | ||
* [[Charles Holcombe|Charles R. Holcombe]] seafood (1927-) | * [[Charles Holcombe|Charles R. Holcombe]] seafood (1927-) | ||
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* 41-44: [[Charles Ciulla]] (1926) | * 41-44: [[Charles Ciulla]] (1926) | ||
* 45-48: [[Gus Campisi]] (1926) | * 45-48: [[Gus Campisi]] (1926) | ||
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* 49-52: [[Domit Bros.]] (1926) | * 49-52: [[Domit Bros.]] (1926) | ||
* 53-54: [[Alex Brobitt]] | * 53-54: [[Alex Brobitt]] | ||
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* 96: [[A. W. James]] (1926) | * 96: [[A. W. James]] (1926) | ||
* 97-100: | * 97-100: | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* {{CD-1926}} | |||
* {{Buchanan-2012}} | * {{Buchanan-2012}} |
Revision as of 10:34, 11 March 2018
- This article is about the market at 2211-2215 3rd Avenue North. For other markets, see City Market (disambiguation).
The Municipal Market was a public market building constructed in the 1920s at 2211-2215 3rd Avenue North, on the southwest corner of 23rd Street. The interior of the market was divided into 100 numbered stall spaces, which were leased individually or in groups by individual vendors.
It operated as a public market for the remainder of the decade, but was vacant before January 1935, at which time it was under consideration as a site for a new National Guard Armory, which was constructed in Graymont instead. It housed Whitton's Auto Service Co. garage in the early 1940s. The building was extensively altered and expanded as the Red Cross Building in 1946.
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References
- Polk's Birmingham City Directory (1926) Birmingham: R. L. Polk & Co.
- Buchanan, Charles (2012) Fading Ads of Birmingham. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press ISBN 9781609494834