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During [[Prohibition]] the club was known as a discreet spot to enjoy a drink and games of chance on the sly. Because of this, the [[Ku Klux Klan]] burned a cross there in March [[1926]], one of their few actions against a white, Protestant establishment at the time. In the 1930s the club was renamed the '''Blue Crystal''' and took on an even shadier reputation, one that was slightly ameliorated by the habit of [[Birmingham Barons]] owner [[Gus Jebeles]] of inviting friends there for the "largest steaks in town". | During [[Prohibition]] the club was known as a discreet spot to enjoy a drink and games of chance on the sly. Because of this, the [[Ku Klux Klan]] burned a cross there in March [[1926]], one of their few actions against a white, Protestant establishment at the time. In the 1930s the club was renamed the '''Blue Crystal''' and took on an even shadier reputation, one that was slightly ameliorated by the habit of [[Birmingham Barons]] owner [[Gus Jebeles]] of inviting friends there for the "largest steaks in town". | ||
In [[1968]] the building was demolished because it lay precisely in the center of a 90-foot deep cut through [[Shades Mountain]] required for the construction of [[I-65]]. | In [[1968]] the building, used most recently as a private residence, was demolished because it lay precisely in the center of a 90-foot deep cut through [[Shades Mountain]] required for the construction of [[I-65]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:10, 30 July 2010
The Linger Longer Lodge was a private social club located in a rock house on Shades Crest Road at the intersection of Berry Road and Grace Way.
During Prohibition the club was known as a discreet spot to enjoy a drink and games of chance on the sly. Because of this, the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross there in March 1926, one of their few actions against a white, Protestant establishment at the time. In the 1930s the club was renamed the Blue Crystal and took on an even shadier reputation, one that was slightly ameliorated by the habit of Birmingham Barons owner Gus Jebeles of inviting friends there for the "largest steaks in town".
In 1968 the building, used most recently as a private residence, was demolished because it lay precisely in the center of a 90-foot deep cut through Shades Mountain required for the construction of I-65.
References
- Spotswood, Frances (January --, 1968) "Linger Longer Lodge waiting for wrecker." Birmingham News.
- Summe, Sheryl Spradling. (2001). Homewood: The Life of a City. Homewood, AL: Friends of the Homewood Public Library.
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