Diana Hall
Diana Hall is a commercial building, meeting hall and dance hall constructed in 1926 by The Schileci brothers at 521-31 19th Street North in downtown Bessemer.
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:
- Diana Bicycle Shop (1930s-40s)
- The Image of Elegant style shop
- Red's OK Barber Shop
- Bessemer Monument Co.
- Bessemer Vault Co.
- C. & R. Ceramics
Clubs operating on the second floor have included:
References
- Nelson, Linda and Melanie Betz (December 12, 1990) "Downtown Bessemer Historic District" National Register of Historic Places Registration Form