The City of Bessemer invites you to tour our Downtown Bessemer National Historic District. The buildings you will see date back to the boom of the steel industry in central Alabama and represent a period of fast development in this Marvel City.
On this site you will find descriptions of these historic structures. The numbers located by the descriptions correspond to the numbers located on the map on the "Downtown Walking Tour Guide" brochure.
9. Gwin Block
401-415 North 20th Street, Bessemer, AL 35020
The structure was built by Chambers McAdory, Sam Ware, and M. M. Gwin in 1891. A two-story addition was added in 1905 at 413-415 20th Street, but the top floor was later destroyed by fire in 1910.
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