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[[Image:Climax Bar token.jpg|right|thumb| | [[Image:Climax Bar token.jpg|right|thumb|225px|A 1913 token from the Climax Bar]] | ||
The '''Climax Saloon''' was a bar and pool hall located on [[2nd Avenue North]] between [[19th Street North|19th]] and [[20th Street North|20th]] streets. [[Solomon Wise]] was the proprietor in the 1880s. It may have been operated in association with the nearby [[Climax Shaving Parlors]]. | The '''Climax Saloon''' was a bar and pool hall located on [[2nd Avenue North]] between [[19th Street North|19th]] and [[20th Street North|20th]] streets. [[Solomon Wise]] was the proprietor in the 1880s. It may have been operated in association with the nearby [[Climax Shaving Parlors]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:27, 26 January 2015
The Climax Saloon was a bar and pool hall located on 2nd Avenue North between 19th and 20th streets. Solomon Wise was the proprietor in the 1880s. It may have been operated in association with the nearby Climax Shaving Parlors.
The Climax Bar operated at 1809 2nd Avenue North, across from the Birmingham Post Office in the years before prohibition. The proprietors were named Yeargin and Dunker.
References
- City Directory of Birmingham and Gazetteer of Surrounding Section for 1884-5 (1884) Volume II. Atlanta, Georgia: Interstate Directory Company