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[[Image:5 Pts South 1986.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Original Studio Arts Building in 1986]]
[[Image:5 Pts South 1986.jpg|right|thumb|450px|Original Studio Arts Building in 1986]]
[[Image:Studio Arts Building (1994 building).jpg|right|thumb|375px|1994 Studio Arts Building in January 2009]]
[[Image:Studio Arts Building (1994 building).jpg|right|thumb|450px|1994 Studio Arts Building in January 2009]]
The '''Studio Arts Building''', constructed in [[1910]], was a landmark curved-front building on the northwest corner of the intersection of [[20th Street South|20th Street]] and [[11th Avenue South]] at [[Five Points South]].
The '''Studio Arts Building''', constructed in [[1910]], was a landmark curved-front building on the northwest corner of the intersection of [[20th Street South|20th Street]] and [[11th Avenue South]] at [[Five Points South]]. The building entrance was at 1034 20th Street South.


The building housed artists' studios on the upper floor, helping give the Five Points area a reputation as an artist's district. [[Lara Bowers]], [[Della Dryer]] (1949), [[Carrie Hill]] (1949), [[Max Heldman]], [[M. Montgomery]], [[Sara Neill]], [[Alice Rumph]], and [[Arthur Stewart]] all had studio space in the building. Music teachers [[Hortense Estes]] (1922) and [[Carl Herring]] (1940s) as well as dressmakers [[Omega Ayer]] (1922) and [[Ethel Kennedy]] (1940s) also rented rooms there.
The building's second-story apartments found use as artists' studios, which gave it its name and helped give the Five Points area a reputation as an artist's district. The ground floor housed a series of retail businesses including a grocery, a drug store, a tobacco shop, the [[5-Points Bootery]], [[Little Bombers Lounge]], [[Poor Willie's]], and later [[Joe Bar]].  


The ground floor housed a series of retail businesses including a grocery, a drug store, a tobacco shop, the [[5-Points Bootery]], [[Little Bombers Lounge]], [[Poor Willie's]], and later [[Joe Bar]]. The building was badly damaged in a [[1986]] fire and torn down the following year.
In the early 1980s the building was owned by [[Becky Rabiee]], who also owned [[Anthony's Deli|Anthony's Deli & Pastry]] on the ground floor. The building was badly damaged in an overnight fire on [[January 5]], [[1986]]. It appeared that the fire started in a storage room used by [[Grand Shoe Repair]]. Six engine companies reponded to the fire, which took three hours to extinguish. Fire walls prevented the blaze from spreading but the adjacent [[Scott's Apothecary]], [[P & S Apothecary]] and [[Charlemagne Records]] all suffered some water and smoke damage.


The site was used between [[1990]] and [[1993]] for the [[Southside Community School]]'s "[[Southside Giant Puppet Workshop|Giant Puppet Workshop]]".
The Studio Arts Building was torn down by the following year. The site was used between [[1990]] and [[1993]] for the [[Southside Community School]]'s "[[Southside Giant Puppet Workshop|Giant Puppet Workshop]]".


===Tenants===
===Tenants===
* Room 1, 3, 10: [[Brady Movie Service Inc.]] film equipment (1949)
* ground floor:
* Room 1-2: [[American Reading Room]] (1953)
** 1926: former location of [[Five Points Paint & Hardware]] (1949), [[Arthur's Fine Jewelry]] (1985–1986)
* Room 3: [[Susan Perkins]] (1953)
*** 1926A: former location of [[Five Points South Speed Wash]] (1970–1971)
* Room 4: [[Rosalie Price]] artist (1953)
*** 1926B: former location of [[Highland Jewelers]] (1970)
* Room 5-6-7: [[Carrile Hill]] artist (1949-1953)
** 1928: entrance to [[Social]] ([[Jay Williams]] 2021–), former location of [[Hill Grocery Co.]] (1942), [[Studio]] night club (1995-), [[Eleven20]] night club (2006), [[Bacchus]] night club (2011-2015), and [[SKKY]] night club (2015-2017)
* Room 9: [[McLin Studio of Speech]] / [[Eunice McLin]] (1953)
*** 1928B: [[Social]] ([[Jay Williams]] 2021–), former location of [[Anthony's Deli & Pastry]] (-1986), [[Firehouse Subs]]
* Room 10: [[Mary Stewart]] dressmaker
** 1930-1932: former location of [[5-Points Bootery]], [[Bon Ton Sandwich Shop]], [[Little Bombers Lounge]], [[Poor Willie's]], [[Five Points Steak House]] (1971), [[Joe (bar)]] (–1986), [[Johnny Rockets]], [[Schaeffer Eye Center]], [[Waffle House]] (closed August 2021)
* Room 12: [[William W. S. Wilson]] artist (1953)
*** 1930: former location of [[Five Points Jewelers & News]] (1941–1942), [[Skelton Optical]] (1959–1970)
*** 1932: former location of [[Grand Shoe Repairers]] (1942–1986), [[Wall's Five Points Shoe Hospital]] (1970)
** 1934: former location of [[Five Points Steak House]] (1959–1970)
 
* Rooms:
** 1, 3, 10: [[Brady Movie Service Inc.]] film equipment (1949)
*** 1-2: [[Della Dryer]] artist (1935–1949), [[American Reading Room]] (1953)
*** 3: [[Harriet Smith]] author (1946), [[Susan Perkins]] (1953)
** 4: [[Carl Herring]] music teacher (1946–1950s), [[Rosalie Price]] artist (1953)
** 5–7: [[Carrie Hill]] artist (1919-1957)
** 8: [[Bonnie Nowlin]] artist (1946)
** 9: [[McLin Studio of Speech]] / [[Eunice McLin]] (1951-1953)
** 10: [[John Whitfield]] photographer (1946), [[Maryetta Stewart]] dressmaker (1952-1953)
** 12: [[William W. S. Wilson]] artist (1953)
 
* [[Edgell Adams]] piano teacher (1915)
* [[Omega Ayer]] "modiste", dressmaker (1916-1922)
* [[Lotta Belden]] (1919)
* [[Lara Bowers]] artist
* [[C & L Enterprises]] (1957)
* [[D'Agostino School of Music]] (1922-1923)
* [[Lucille Douglass]] artist (1917)
* [[Emmerich Eber]] (1940-1947)
* [[Exclusive Studio Institute]] photography school (1946)
* [[Hortense Estes]] voice teacher (1915-1922)
* [[Rose Fabian]] violin teacher (1915)
* [[Max Heldman]] artist
* [[Ethel Kennedy]] dressmaker (1940s)
* [[W. A. Logan]]
* Mrs [[M. M. Logan]]
* Mrs [[M. Montgomery]] artist
* [[Violet Nappi]] dance instructor (1939)
* [[Sara Neill]] (1922-1929)
* [[Pearl Rosenfield]] (1919)
* [[Alice Rumph]] artist (1944)
* [[Arthur Stewart]] artist
* [[Pauline Tidmore]] artist (1955-1957)
* [[Southside Free Clinic]] ([[J. Walden Retan]] 1960s)


==New Studio Arts Building==
==New Studio Arts Building==
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When Johnny Rockets closed it was replaced by a [[Schaeffer Eye Center]] location which re-used many of the diner's 1950s-style fixtures in its design. The upper-floor tenant was [[ElevenTwenty]] dance club.
When Johnny Rockets closed it was replaced by a [[Schaeffer Eye Center]] location which re-used many of the diner's 1950s-style fixtures in its design. The upper-floor tenant was [[ElevenTwenty]] dance club.


The building was purchased by [[Leesa Warren]] in [[2011]]. Space was then renovated for a police substation, the [[Bacchus]] night club, and a Firehouse Subs. The former Johnny Rockets on the ground floor was converted into a Waffle House which opened in [[2013]].
The building was purchased by [[Leesa Warren]] in [[2011]]. Space was then renovated for a police substation, the [[Bacchus]] night club, and a Firehouse Subs. The former Johnny Rockets on the ground floor was converted into a Waffle House which opened in [[2013]]. In [[2021]] the 2nd floor nightclub space and the former Firehouse Subs were leased by [[Jay Williams]] and renovated for a restaurant and bar named [[Social]].


==References==
==References==
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* Edwards, Bill (January 6, 1986) "Fire damages Birmingham district." ''Anniston Star''
* Walsh, Maggie Hall (September 7, 1993) "New restaurant, Studio Arts Building may fill empty Five Points spaces." {{BN}}
* Walsh, Maggie Hall (September 7, 1993) "New restaurant, Studio Arts Building may fill empty Five Points spaces." {{BN}}
* Nabbefeld, Joe (December 26, 1993) "Downtown revitalization notches number of gains." {{BN}}
* Nabbefeld, Joe (December 26, 1993) "Downtown revitalization notches number of gains." {{BN}}
* Diel, Stan R. (June 23, 1994) "Five Points South classic stages rebirth." '{{BN}}
* Diel, Stan R. (June 23, 1994) "Five Points South classic stages rebirth." '{{BN}}
* Walsh, Maggie Hall (March 2, 1995) "Studio, a new bar, is coming." {{BN}}
* Walsh, Maggie Hall (March 2, 1995) "Studio, a new bar, is coming." {{BN}}
* Poe, Ryan. (December 6, 2011) "Waffle House in Five Points to open in January."  {{BBJ}} <!-- http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/blog/2011/12/waffle-house-in-five-points-to-open-in.html -->
* Poe, Ryan. (December 6, 2011) "[https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/blog/2011/12/waffle-house-in-five-points-to-open-in.html Waffle House in Five Points to open in January]" {{BBJ}}


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[[Category:Craig P. Rogers buildings]]
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Latest revision as of 08:20, 20 October 2023

Original Studio Arts Building in 1986
1994 Studio Arts Building in January 2009

The Studio Arts Building, constructed in 1910, was a landmark curved-front building on the northwest corner of the intersection of 20th Street and 11th Avenue South at Five Points South. The building entrance was at 1034 20th Street South.

The building's second-story apartments found use as artists' studios, which gave it its name and helped give the Five Points area a reputation as an artist's district. The ground floor housed a series of retail businesses including a grocery, a drug store, a tobacco shop, the 5-Points Bootery, Little Bombers Lounge, Poor Willie's, and later Joe Bar.

In the early 1980s the building was owned by Becky Rabiee, who also owned Anthony's Deli & Pastry on the ground floor. The building was badly damaged in an overnight fire on January 5, 1986. It appeared that the fire started in a storage room used by Grand Shoe Repair. Six engine companies reponded to the fire, which took three hours to extinguish. Fire walls prevented the blaze from spreading but the adjacent Scott's Apothecary, P & S Apothecary and Charlemagne Records all suffered some water and smoke damage.

The Studio Arts Building was torn down by the following year. The site was used between 1990 and 1993 for the Southside Community School's "Giant Puppet Workshop".

Tenants

New Studio Arts Building

In 1993 developer Tom Hinton proposed to build a new Studio Arts Building, similar in style and scale to the original. The resulting design by architect Craig P. Rogers "reinterpreted" the original lines of the building, but with a cleaner, more contemporary ceramic-tile facade and larger windows. When it opened in 1994 the new $2 million Studio Arts Building housed a Johnny Rockets diner and a Birmingham Police Department substation on the ground floor. The nightclub Studio opened in the upper floor in 1995.

When Johnny Rockets closed it was replaced by a Schaeffer Eye Center location which re-used many of the diner's 1950s-style fixtures in its design. The upper-floor tenant was ElevenTwenty dance club.

The building was purchased by Leesa Warren in 2011. Space was then renovated for a police substation, the Bacchus night club, and a Firehouse Subs. The former Johnny Rockets on the ground floor was converted into a Waffle House which opened in 2013. In 2021 the 2nd floor nightclub space and the former Firehouse Subs were leased by Jay Williams and renovated for a restaurant and bar named Social.

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