Block 85

2020 Google Maps aerial view of Block 85

Block 85 is a Birmingham city block bordered by 20th Street North and Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North (21st Street North) and by 2nd and 3rd Avenues North in the heart of downtown Birmingham. It is bisected from east to west by 2nd Alley North.

Notable buildings

• 20th Street North
  • 201–211: Frank Nelson Building (built 1903 as the First National Bank Building)
  • 213–225: 1927 Porter Clothing Co. building (built 1927)

• 21st Street North
  • 200–210: City Federal Building (built 1913 as Jefferson County Savings Bank Building, later called the Comer Building)
  • 218–224: Massey Building (built 1925 as Bankers Mortgage-Bond Building)

• 2nd Avenue North
  • 2000–2008: Frank Nelson Building (built 1903 as the First National Bank Building)
  • 2010–2024: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 6 (built 1987)
    • 2010: Garrett Building/Singer Building (built 1885, rear demolished 1984)
    • 2014–2016: former location of Royal Theatre (built 1910s, demolished 1984)
    • 2018: former location of commercial building (demolished 1984)
    • 2020: former location of commercial building (demolished 1984)
    • 2022–2024: former location of Melba Theater (built 1946, demolished 1984)
  • 2026–2030: City Federal Building (built 1913 as Jefferson County Savings Bank Building, later called the Comer Building)

• 3rd Avenue North
  • 2001–2005: 1927 Porter Clothing Co. building (built 1927)
  • 2007: commercial building (built. c. 1904)
  • 2009–2013: parking lot
    • 2009: former location of Mustin Building (built c. 1889)
    • 2011: former location of commercial building (built c. 1889)
  • 2015: Drennen Building (built c. 1889)
  • 2017: Eubank Mercantile Building (built c. 1889)
  • 2019: Gilreath Building (built c. 1891)
  • 2021–2023: O'Neill Building (built 1925)
  • 2025–2031: Massey Building (built 1925 as Bankers Mortgage-Bond Building)

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