B and C Grocery Building

B and C Grocery Building
Location 417-19 S. Main St., Royal Oak, Michigan
Coordinates 42°29′9″N 83°8′39″W / 42.48583°N 83.14417°W / 42.48583; -83.14417Coordinates: 42°29′9″N 83°8′39″W / 42.48583°N 83.14417°W / 42.48583; -83.14417
Area less than one acre
Built 1939 (1939)
Architect Henry Kohner, Inc.
Architectural style Art Deco, Moderne
NRHP reference # 06000149[1]
Added to NRHP March 22, 2006

The B and C Grocery Building is a commercial building located at 417-19 South Main Street in Royal Oak, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

History

Joseph Chodoroff, Peter Chodoroff, and Max Bachman established the Bachman & Chodoroff grocery on Oakland Avenue in Detroit in the early 1920s. By 1930, the store had developed into a chain, with two stores in Detroit and two in Royal Oak. In 1939, B & C hired the Detroit firm of Henry Kohner, Inc to design this building. Construction began in 1939, and was finished in 1940. By 1950, two other stores opened in Berkley and Clawson, and by 1954 the two Detroit stores were closed.[2]

The B & C Grocery closed in the 1960s, after which the building housed offices, a cardio-pulmonary clinic, and a sporting goods store. In about 1970, the Art Moderne panels were hidden behind a new facade.[2] The building was purchased in 2003 by 2mission,[3] who rehabilitated the building. completing it in 2006. Five new tenants were placed in the building,[3] including a restaurant and wine bar.[2]

Description

The B & C Grocery Building is a one-story red brick commercial building with a broad and low Art Deco front, faced in Macotta porcelain enamel metal panels, colored pail yellow with salmon and burgundy accents. Shiny metal doors and windows create a band across the building. Low stepped "gables" are placed above the two double-door entries; a third entry is angled on the corner of the building. The B & C Grocery was the first supermarket to ever have a soda fountain and the first privately owned chain of supermarkets in the U.S. in the 1940s. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Robert O. Christensen (August 2005), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: B and C Grocery Building
  3. 1 2 "417-421 S. Main St. Royal Oak". 2mission Design and Development. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.