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[[File:1891 ruins of fire.png|right|thumb|275px|Detail from an 1891 Sanborn map showing "ruins of fire" at the site of the former New York Model Bakery]] | |||
The '''New York Model Bakery''' was a commercial bakery opened on [[December 16]], [[1887]] by [[J. F. Roessler]] and [[S. F. Herman]], a former baker at the [[Lakeview Hotel]]. It was located at 212 [[22nd Street South]]. | The '''New York Model Bakery''' was a commercial bakery opened on [[December 16]], [[1887]] by [[J. F. Roessler]] and [[S. F. Herman]], a former baker at the [[Lakeview Hotel]]. It was located at 212 [[22nd Street South]]. | ||
The bakery made bread, cakes, pastries and ice cream for wholesale and retail sale, along with a line of fancy groceries. It specialized in rye and Graham breads. The store offered free delivery day and night on its own wagon. | The bakery made bread, cakes, pastries and ice cream for wholesale and retail sale, along with a line of fancy groceries. It specialized in rye and Graham breads. The store offered free delivery day and night on its own wagon. | ||
By [[1891]] the bakery had burned to the ground. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* {{Northern Alabama-1888}} | * {{Northern Alabama-1888}} | ||
[[Category:Former bakeries]] | |||
[[Category:Burned buildings]] | |||
[[Category:1887 establishments]] | |||
[[Category:22nd Street South]] | |||
Latest revision as of 08:47, 10 May 2019
The New York Model Bakery was a commercial bakery opened on December 16, 1887 by J. F. Roessler and S. F. Herman, a former baker at the Lakeview Hotel. It was located at 212 22nd Street South.
The bakery made bread, cakes, pastries and ice cream for wholesale and retail sale, along with a line of fancy groceries. It specialized in rye and Graham breads. The store offered free delivery day and night on its own wagon.
By 1891 the bakery had burned to the ground.
References
- North Alabama (Illustrated) (1888) Birmingham: Southern Commercial Publishing Co.