The building in the b/w photo was named as the Charles L. Green building, which was located on 7th Avenue between Polk and Taylor. The photo was supposedly taken around 1930, but I think it was taken sometime before 1930. Today the location is a parking lot, just behind Eddies Napolis Italian restaurant. You can see in the color photo that the electric line poles are still there in the alley. The reason I think the b/w photo was taken before 1930 is that the three story building to the left of the Charles L. Green building in the b/w photo was supposedly replaced in 1930 with the building that is now an Italian restaurant, which was originally owned by a Charles A. Green. I have also posted an article on Charles L. Green. Also, here is the description of Mr. Green from under the b/w photo as posted on the Amarillo Library Web page. -------------------------- Charles L. Green Building (E. Seventh Avenue) Description The structure in the right center of the block, under the raised facade, is the Charles L. Green Building. This building and the others shown in the photo (taken around 1930) were located in the 100 block of E. 7th Avenue, between Polk and Taylor Streets. Businesses from left to right include Sandies Shine Parlor, Lone Star News Stand, Post Office Shoe Repair Shop, Ideal Barber and Beauty Shop, and the Post Office Coffee Shop. The post office was located in the Federal Building that was across the street at the NW corner of Sixth and Taylor. The Federal Building is now known as the Coble Building. Charles Green came to Amarillo in 1905 from Corsicana, Texas. In 1907 he established the Green Brothers Company with his brother James T. Green. They established a furniture business that dealt in new and second hand house furnishings. In 1909 the Green Building was built at 611 S. Polk Street to handle the growing furniture business. The Green Building on E. Seventh Street was also built in 1909. Mr. Green used this building for his real estate ventures. He kept an office at 112 E. Seventh Avenue for several years. There was also a C. L. Green building at 102-114 W. 6th Avenue for a number of years. Charles Green was heavily involved in building and real estate in Amarillo from the time of his arrival until his death in 1927. At the time of his death his wealth was in excess of a million dollars, and he was considered to be the largest individual owner of business property in Amarillo. He established his real estate ventures around his theory that, A town tends to build west and up a hill, somewhat disregarding the fact that Amarillo did not have too many hills. Apparently, the building at E. Seventh was referred to as the Green Building for only a few years. The 1913 Amarillo city directory was the last directory in which the location was called the Green Building. The location on Polk Street continued to be called the Green Building for many years.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 23:09:13 +0000
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