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'''Blevins Barber Shop''' | '''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]] | 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: | [[Category:Former barber shops]] | ||
[[Category: | [[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.