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-[[Image:Bank Saloon.jpg|right|375px|thumb|The Bank Saloon, before 1887]]<br>
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-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]].
-Like other saloons of the era, the Bank Saloon issued tokens to customers which could be exchanged for drinks. These tokens are valued by collectors today.
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-  before=? |
-  title=1928 [[1st Avenue North]] |
-  years=[[1891]] - [[1908]] |
-  after=[[Empire Building]]
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-==Reference==
-* {{White-1977}}
-[[Category:Former bars]]
-[[Category:1st Avenue North]]