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Beckers Block

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Commercial Brick

Opened
  
1925

Built
  
1925

NRHP Reference #
  
80000703

Added to NRHP
  
22 September 1980

Beckers Block

Location
  
105-111 N. Jefferson St., Huntsville, Alabama

MPS
  
Downtown Huntsville MRA

Similar
  
Southern Adventures, Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville Museum of Art, Twickenham Historic District, Huntsville Botanical Garden

Beckers Block is a group of historic commercial buildings in Huntsville, Alabama. The two-story, five-bay structure was built in 1925. Each bay is separated by piers that project above the roofline. The center of each bay is raised above the parapet, creating a crenelated appearance. Below the parapet, a rectangular panel is formed from header courses. Cream-colored square stones decorate the entire façade.

The two southern bays were built for a J. C. Penney store, and feature display windows on either side of a recessed entryway. A panel of glass block stretches above the entryway. The northern three bays have single-pane window flush with the façade with recessed doors. A row of four-by-two pained windows, mostly in pairs and once in a triplet, stretch above the three bays.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

Beckers Block Wikipedia