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[[Image:Bank Saloon.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Bank Saloon, before 1887]]<br> | |||
The '''Bank Saloon''' was located on the northwest corner of [[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[1st Avenue North]], on the present site of the [[Empire Building]]. It was splendid drinking parlour with floors of Georgia marble, a large copper chandelier, and a 32-foot-long mirror. It closed in the wake of [[Birmingham]]'s first [[prohibition]] in [[1908]]. | The '''Bank Saloon''' was located on the northwest corner of [[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[1st Avenue North]], on the present site of the [[Empire Building]]. It was splendid drinking parlour with floors of Georgia marble, a large copper chandelier, and a 32-foot-long mirror. It closed in the wake of [[Birmingham]]'s first [[prohibition]] in [[1908]]. | ||
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Revision as of 00:55, 24 September 2006
The Bank Saloon was located on the northwest corner of 20th Street and 1st Avenue North, on the present site of the Empire Building. It was splendid drinking parlour with floors of Georgia marble, a large copper chandelier, and a 32-foot-long mirror. It closed in the wake of Birmingham's first prohibition in 1908.
| Preceded by: ? |
1928 1st Avenue North 1891 - 1907 |
Succeeded by: Empire Building |
Reference
- White, Marjorie Longenecker (1977) Downtown Birmingham: Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society.