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[[Image:Palm Leaf Hotel.jpg|right|thumb| | [[Image:Palm Leaf Hotel.jpg|right|thumb|480px|18th Street entrance to the Palm Leaf Hotel in the Brock's Drugs building. {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll6,531}}]] | ||
The '''Brock Drugs building''' was a three-story brick building at the corner of [[18th Street North|18th Street]] and [[4th Avenue North]] (the present site of [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]]). It was built in [[1915]] and housed the [[Brock Drug Company]] from [[1928]] to [[1962]] and the '''Palm Leaf Hotel''' from [[1928]] to [[1977]] | The '''Brock Drugs building''' was a three-story brick building at the corner of [[18th Street North|18th Street]] and [[4th Avenue North]] (the present site of [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]]). It was built in [[1915]] and housed the [[Brock Drug Company]] from [[1928]] to [[1962]] and the '''Palm Leaf Hotel''' from [[1928]] to [[1977]] | ||
The hotel was joined by the [[Palm Leaf Lunch Room]] restaurant from its opening until [[1937]]. In the late 1920s the building also housed the [[Palm Leaf Billiard Hall]] and [[Palm Leaf Shoe Shine]]. | |||
The ground floor drug store was a popular meeting place throughout its existence. The hotel was often used by visiting African American athletes and musicians. | |||
In the late 1930s two other businesses were established in the building, the [[Harlem Shoe Shop]] ([[1937]] to [[1980]]) and the [[Jones Valley Barber Shop]] ([[1938]] to [[1979]]). | In the late 1930s two other businesses were established in the building, the [[Harlem Shoe Shop]] ([[1937]] to [[1980]]) and the [[Jones Valley Barber Shop]] ([[1938]] to [[1979]]). | ||
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Revision as of 15:51, 25 February 2015
The Brock Drugs building was a three-story brick building at the corner of 18th Street and 4th Avenue North (the present site of Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park). It was built in 1915 and housed the Brock Drug Company from 1928 to 1962 and the Palm Leaf Hotel from 1928 to 1977
The hotel was joined by the Palm Leaf Lunch Room restaurant from its opening until 1937. In the late 1920s the building also housed the Palm Leaf Billiard Hall and Palm Leaf Shoe Shine.
The ground floor drug store was a popular meeting place throughout its existence. The hotel was often used by visiting African American athletes and musicians.
In the late 1930s two other businesses were established in the building, the Harlem Shoe Shop (1937 to 1980) and the Jones Valley Barber Shop (1938 to 1979).
The building was torn down in the 1980s.
References
- Urban Impact, Inc. (2002) Brock Drugs Building historical marker at Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park.