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[[Image:Diana Hall.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Diana Hall in 2010]]
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'''Diana Hall''' is a commercial building, meeting hall and dance hall constructed in [[1926]] by The Schilleci<!--or Schileci--> brothers at 521-531 [[19th Street North Bessemer|19th Street North]] in downtown [[Bessemer]].
'''Diana Hall''' is a commercial building, meeting hall and dance hall at 521-531 [[19th Street North Bessemer|19th Street North]] in downtown [[Bessemer]]. It was constructed in [[1926]] by The Schilleci<!--or Schileci--> brothers who relocated their [[Superior Ice Cream]] company from 1804-1810 [[2nd Avenue North Bessemer|2nd Avenue]].


The two-story building is constructed of [[Bessemer Gray]] bricks faced with multicolored patterned brick and stucco and a clay tile roof parapet with a deep overhang supported on brackets. The front facade is divided into unequal bays by piers which extend through the roof parapet.
The two-story building is constructed of [[Bessemer Gray]] bricks faced with multicolored patterned brick and stucco and a clay tile roof parapet with a deep overhang supported on brackets. The front facade is divided into unequal bays by piers which extend through the roof parapet.
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Retail tenants at Diana Hall have included:
Retail tenants at Diana Hall have included:


* [[Schilleci Brothers]] ice cream (1920s)
* 521-531: [[Superior Ice Cream]] (1920s)
* [[Diana Bicycle Shop]] (1930s-1040s)
** 521: [[Alabama RV Inc.]], former location of [[Hamner Performance]]
* [[The Image of Elegant]] style shop
** 527A: [[Fast Tax]] (2016), former location of [[Dominic's Barber Shop]], [[Red's OK Barber Shop]] (2009-2013), [[Z'Mear Dreamz]] (2014), [[D R & J Title Loan]]
* [[Red's OK Barber Shop]]
** 527B: [[Marilyn Boutique]] (2016), former location of [[Rosie's Unique Place]] (2011), [[Happy Dog]] (2014)
* [[Bessemer Monument Co.]]
** 529: [[Bessemer Monument Co.]] / [[Bessemer Vault Co.]] (2009-2016)
* [[Bessemer Vault Co.]]
** 531: [[Underground]] urban clothing & smoke shop (2016), former location of [[Image of Elegant]] style shop (2011-2013)
* [[C. & R. Ceramics]]
** [[C & R Ceramics]]
* [[The Post House]] diner
** [[Mance Modern Air]]
** [[The Post House]] diner
** [[Diana Bicycle Shop]] (1930s-1940s)


Clubs operating on the second floor have included:
Clubs operating on the second floor have included:
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[[Category:1926 buildings]]
[[Category:1926 buildings]]
[[Category:19th Street North Bessemer]]
[[Category:19th Street North Bessemer]]
[[Category:6th Avenue North Bessemer]]
[[Category:Meeting spaces]]
[[Category:Meeting spaces]]

Revision as of 11:15, 24 February 2017

Diana Hall in 2010

Diana Hall is a commercial building, meeting hall and dance hall at 521-531 19th Street North in downtown Bessemer. It was constructed in 1926 by The Schilleci brothers who relocated their Superior Ice Cream company from 1804-1810 2nd Avenue.

The two-story building is constructed of Bessemer Gray bricks faced with multicolored patterned brick and stucco and a clay tile roof parapet with a deep overhang supported on brackets. The front facade is divided into unequal bays by piers which extend through the roof parapet.

A door on the far right opened into a stairway to the second floor. The upper floor was used as a meeting hall by various fraternal organizations and as a banquet and dance hall by school groups and civic organizations. In the mid-1940s it operated as Teen Town.

Diana Hall is a contributing structure to the Downtown Bessemer Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1992

Tenants

Retail tenants at Diana Hall have included:

Clubs operating on the second floor have included:

References

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