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'''Blevins Barber Shop''' is located along [[Morris Avenue]] in the [[Two North Twentieth Building]]. The barber shop, formerly known as '''Johnson's Barber Shop''', is the only tennant that has been in the building concurrently since it opened in [[1962]] as the Bank for Savings Building. During the late 1980s and 1990s, the barber shop was the only tennant in the 17-story office tower.
'''Blevins Barber Shop''' was a barber shop located along [[Morris Avenue]] in the [[Two North Twentieth Building]]. The business, formerly known as '''Johnson's Barber Shop''', was the longest-surviving tenant of the Bank for Savings Building, operating from [[1962]] to the 2010s. During the late 1980s and 1990s, the barber shop was the only tenant in the 17-story office tower.


[[Bob Blevins]] of [[Cullman]] is currently the only barber in the shop, which is opened Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.  Blevins has been cutting hair downtown for 40 years.  He formerly had his own shop on [[20th Street North]] and moved to the Morris Avenue location in [[1991]]. At that time, the three-chai shop was home to 7 different barbers, many of whom worked part time.
Veteran barber [[Bob Blevins]] of [[Cullman]] moved his business from [[20th Street North]] to the Morris Avenue location in [[1991]]. For a while as many as seven barbers worked part-time at the three-chair shop. Blevins was the sole barber there for several years, cutting hair Tuesdays through Fridays, before he retired in [[2020]].


[[Category:Barber shops]]
[[Category:Former barber shops]]
[[Category:Morris Avenue]]
[[Category:1962 establishments]]
[[Category:1991 establishments]]
[[Category:2020 disestablishments]]
[[Category:Two North Twentieth]]
[[Category:20th Street North]]
[[Category:20th Street North]]

Latest revision as of 11:04, 11 June 2020

Blevins Barber Shop was a barber shop located along Morris Avenue in the Two North Twentieth Building. The business, formerly known as Johnson's Barber Shop, was the longest-surviving tenant of the Bank for Savings Building, operating from 1962 to the 2010s. During the late 1980s and 1990s, the barber shop was the only tenant in the 17-story office tower.

Veteran barber Bob Blevins of Cullman moved his business from 20th Street North to the Morris Avenue location in 1991. For a while as many as seven barbers worked part-time at the three-chair shop. Blevins was the sole barber there for several years, cutting hair Tuesdays through Fridays, before he retired in 2020.

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