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The '''Cobb Lane Apartments''' or '''Cobb Lane Shops''' (originally '''Levert Apartments''') are a pair of 2-story brick apartment buildings at 1314–1318 [[20th Street South]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Five Points South neighborhood]]. They were constructed around [[1909]] by the Levert family of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The '''Cobb Lane Apartments''' or '''Cobb Lane Shops''' (originally '''Levert Apartments''') are a pair of 2-story brick veneered apartment buildings at 1314–1318 [[20th Street South]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Five Points South neighborhood]]. They were constructed around [[1909]] by the Levert family of New Orleans, Louisiana.


[[Wheelock, Joy & Wheelock]] architects, likely with [[S. Scott Joy]] as lead, designed the apartments with nods to the Craftsman and Prairie styles, with deep roof overhangs extending over framed window bays, inset glazed tiles in the brick, and an ornamented cornice separating grade-level commercial spaces facing 20th street from the apartment balconies above. Basement areas in both buildings are accessible from [[Cobb Lane]]. The two buildings are connected by a covered walkway supported on Greek Doric columns.
[[Wheelock, Joy & Wheelock]] architects, likely with [[S. Scott Joy]] as lead, designed the apartments with nods to the Craftsman and Prairie styles, with deep roof overhangs extending over framed window bays, inset glazed tiles in the brick, and an ornamented cornice separating grade-level commercial spaces facing 20th street from the apartment balconies above.
 
Basement areas in both buildings are accessible from [[Cobb Lane]], and have housed commercial uses since the 1910s. The two buildings are connected by a covered walkway supported on Greek Doric columns. In [[1911]] there was a playhouse along the alley behind the apartments.
 
[[Virginia Cobb]] moved her children's clothing store and tea room from [[Cliff Road]] to the basement of the south building in the 1940s. At that time the alley itself was used as a trash dump. She labored to clean it up and her business evolved into the successful [[Cobb Lane Restaurant]] by [[1948]]. The alley was officially renamed "Cobb Lane"  in her honor when it was renovated with grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Endowment for the Humanities in [[1982]].
 
==Retail tenants==
* Ground floor (facing 20th Street South):
** 1314: [[Magic City Mercantile]] ([[Erwin Franklin]] & [[Ivan Williams]] April 2022–), former location of [[Select My Space]] (2011)
** 1318: [[Malia Lash Studio]], former location of [[Virginia Cobb Co.]] clothiers / [[The Dutch Shop]] knitting shop / [[Southern Toy Co.]] / [[The Doll House]] toys / [[Home & Hearth]] household goods / [[Bob Mitchell Studio]] photography / [[Suttle Flower Shop]] / [[Vail Piano Studio]] (1953), [[Scottish Town Piper]] (1997), [[Five Points Chiropractic Clinic]] (2008), [[Mad Doctor Game Shop]] ([[Robert Juneau]] & [[Nathan Kifer]] 2012–2015)
* Basement (facing Cobb Lane):
** 1318 (north building): [[Blue Monkey Lounge]], former location of [[Beefeater Tavern|Ye Olde Beefeater Tavern On-The-Lane]] ([[O. W. Clayton|O. W.]] & [[Steve Clayton]] 1970–1979), [[La Vieille Taverne]] (1979-1986), [[Franco's]] (late 1980s), [[Moneer's]] and [[Basil's]] ([[Cynthia Hollingsworth]])
** 1318 (south building): former location of [[Cobb's Corner Cupboard]] ([[Virginia Cobb]] 1948–1980s), [[Cobb Lane Restaurant]] (1980s-2009) and [[Cobb Lane Gallery]], [[Delta Blues Hot Tamales]] ([[Adam Freis]] 2015–2020)


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Revision as of 11:33, 21 February 2023

The Cobb Lane Apartments or Cobb Lane Shops (originally Levert Apartments) are a pair of 2-story brick veneered apartment buildings at 1314–1318 20th Street South in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood. They were constructed around 1909 by the Levert family of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Wheelock, Joy & Wheelock architects, likely with S. Scott Joy as lead, designed the apartments with nods to the Craftsman and Prairie styles, with deep roof overhangs extending over framed window bays, inset glazed tiles in the brick, and an ornamented cornice separating grade-level commercial spaces facing 20th street from the apartment balconies above.

Basement areas in both buildings are accessible from Cobb Lane, and have housed commercial uses since the 1910s. The two buildings are connected by a covered walkway supported on Greek Doric columns. In 1911 there was a playhouse along the alley behind the apartments.

Virginia Cobb moved her children's clothing store and tea room from Cliff Road to the basement of the south building in the 1940s. At that time the alley itself was used as a trash dump. She labored to clean it up and her business evolved into the successful Cobb Lane Restaurant by 1948. The alley was officially renamed "Cobb Lane" in her honor when it was renovated with grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1982.

Retail tenants

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