This great Victorian block, constructed in 1887, was originally three stories, four at its central section along 2nd Avenue. The top floors were removed in the 1950s due to safety concerns. In its early years the building housed commercial businesses on the ground floor and tenement apartments on the top floors. The first Bessemer Post Office was located at this address until the construction of a new post office at 400 19th Street North (now the Bessemer Public Library).A portion of the Charleston block shot from 19th is visible in this 1907 postcard. The property was also knows as the Steiner Building. Note: Building was demolished for new county courthouse, 2006.
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