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The '''Henley Retail Block''' or '''Molton-Henley Retail Block'''<!--http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll6/id/538--> was a two-story commercial building located on the northwest corner of [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]], the former site of the [[O'Brien Opera House]] in [[downtown Birmingham]].
[[File:Henley Retail Block.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Henley Retail Block in 1939]]
The '''Henley Retail Block''' or '''Moskin-Henley Retail Block''' was a two-story commercial building located on the northwest corner of [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]], the former site of the [[O'Brien Opera House]] in [[downtown Birmingham]].


The building was demolished in the 1990s.
It was designed by [[Harry Wheelock]] of [[Wheelock & Wheelock]], and completed in [[1915]]. Bricks from the former opera house were used in the construction of the new building.
 
The Henley Retail Block was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in [[1980]]. It was demolished in the 1990s.


==Tenants==
==Tenants==
* [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]:
** 1824–1826: [[Jacob Demby]] (1926–1940)
*** 1824: [[Old Clothing Store]] (1929)
**** 1824½: [[Battle Creek Treatment Rooms]] (1926), [[Fulton Finance Co.]] loans (1940)
*** 1826: [[Watches Jewelry Repairing Store]] (1929), [[H. M. Park]] real estate (1964)
** 1830: [[J. D. Arbetter]] (1926), [[Goodyear Welt Shoe Repairing]] (1929)
** 1832: [[Philip Lipez]] / [[T. S. Larney]] (1926), [[I. Goldburg Store]] (1929)
** 1834: former location of [[K. D. Likes Confectionary]] (1929)
* [[19th Street North]]:
** 100-106: clothing store (1891), [[Sommer Tailoring Co.]] (1897)
*** 100: [[Peter Kanakis]] restaurant (1935)
*** 102-104: [[Moskin's Credit Clothing Co.]] (1939), [[Soul Train of New York]] clothing (1982)
**** 102: [[Moskin's Credit Clothing Co.]] (1935)
**** 104: [[Lichter Bros.]] dry goods (1935)
*** 106: [[L & L Store]] dry goods (1935)
** 108: [[Central Loan Co.]] pawnbrokers (1935)
** 110: [[David Cohen]] general merchandise (1935), [[Hick's Booterie]]
* [[Askin Marine]] easy credit
* [[Askin Marine]] easy credit
* [[Central Loans]]
* [[Central Loans]]
* [[Clark's Credit Clothiers]]
* [[Clark's Credit Clothiers]]
* [[Lipsitz]] family clothiers
* [[Lipsitz]] family clothiers
* [[Moskin's Credit Clothing]]
* [[New L & N Cafe]]
* [[New L & N Cafe]]
* [[Sokol's]] discount clothing
* [[Sokol's]] discount clothing


[[Category:19th Street North]]
[[Category:Henley Retail Block|*]]
[[Category:1st Avenue North]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham]]
[[Category:1915 buildings]]
[[Category:Wheelock & Wheelock buildings]]
[[Category:1990s demolitions]]
[[Category:1990s demolitions]]

Latest revision as of 13:26, 16 January 2024

Henley Retail Block in 1939

The Henley Retail Block or Moskin-Henley Retail Block was a two-story commercial building located on the northwest corner of 1st Avenue North and 19th Street, the former site of the O'Brien Opera House in downtown Birmingham.

It was designed by Harry Wheelock of Wheelock & Wheelock, and completed in 1915. Bricks from the former opera house were used in the construction of the new building.

The Henley Retail Block was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was demolished in the 1990s.

Tenants

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