Blach's

Blach's was a family owned department store located on the northwest corner of 3rd Avenue North and 20th Street in downtown Birmingham. The logo Blach's used was the image of a calla lily and a layman's square which stood for the store's motto "Where we treat you fair and square."

Bencor Hotel.

In 1935 the former Bencor Hotel building was completely remodeled in a modernist style by Warren, Knight and Davis for Blach's department store. The arched windows were squared off, the cornice and window trim were stripped away and the brickwork was stuccoed over and painted off-white. The store moved into its new location in 1936 and remained until the mid-1980s when it closed its doors.