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:''This article is about the 1915 building in 2nd Avenue North. For other buildings, see [[Kress Building]].'' | |||
[[Image:Old Kress building.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Old Kress building in the 1920s. {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll6/id/1362}}]] | [[Image:Old Kress building.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Old Kress building in the 1920s. {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll6/id/1362}}]] | ||
The '''Old Kress Building''' is a 3-story commercial building constructed in [[1915]] for the [[S. H. Kress & Co.]] 5-and 10-cent store. It is located at 1910-1914 [[2nd Avenue North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. | The '''Old Kress Building''' is a 3-story commercial building constructed in [[1915]] for the [[S. H. Kress & Co.]] 5-and 10-cent store. It is located at 1910-1914 [[2nd Avenue North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:43, 9 December 2012
- This article is about the 1915 building in 2nd Avenue North. For other buildings, see Kress Building.
The Old Kress building in the 1920s. courtesy BPL Archives
The Old Kress Building is a 3-story commercial building constructed in 1915 for the S. H. Kress & Co. 5-and 10-cent store. It is located at 1910-1914 2nd Avenue North in downtown Birmingham.
The terra-cotta clad store was Kress' second in the city. The first location, at 1915 3rd Avenue North, became home to Odum, Bowers & White clothing company after the new Kress store opened.
In 1937, Kress moved to the new S. H. Kress and Company Building at 3rd Avenue North and 19th Street.