Commercial Building
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Where the building used to stand
Where the building used to stand
Backstory and Context
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. The May 1919 issue of Aluminum Bulletin featured the new Commercial Building on its cover and the reported the opening of the new building in great detail, proclaiming it represented the latest in modern store building construction, including terrazzo floors and a sprinkler system. It was proudly stated that the building was located in the heart of ¨what will be the greatest colored workingman´s community in the South.¨ The facility featured a dry goods store, grocery store, a drug store with a soda fountain, and a meat market. In the basement was a barber shop and, later, a pool room. The seven-room, two-assembly hall second floor housed housed not only the school, but provided meeting places for a church and fraternal organizations.
Cite This Entry
Cade Winchester on behalf of Alcoa High School. "Commercial Building." Clio: Your Guide to History. September 24, 2019. Accessed July 23, 2025. https://theclio.com/entry/85514
Sources
Duggan, David R.. Alcoa: A Century In Words And Pictures. Brookfield, Missouri. The Donning Company Publishers, 2019.
Cade Winchester
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