Here is another lost building, located on the corner of South Market and East Laurel, with the address 119 South Broad. This building was a two-story brick building with a Shell Service Station on the first floor and living quarters for the operator on the second floor. Just behind this building was a one-story brick building with space for three small businesses.
Best view: About 1945
In this magnified detail of the photo below, you can see the two-story Brown Building on the left and the Claybrook Building on the right. The photo shows three buildings in this complex that is now a parking lot: the 119 address corner building with the awning; the whiter building with the oval sign marking the Shell Service Station; and the low, flat, one-story brick building where most of these offices were probably located.
One part of this building apparently faced Market. Other businesses were on the side of the building or in the one-story brick building and faced Laurel. There is a 119 S. Market address associated with this empty corner, as well as a group of 200 addresses that front East Laurel.
In the 1960 city directory, Scottsboro Salvage Store is found at 119 Market. In the 1965 city directory, Jackson Plumbing and Electric Company was in this space. In the 1967 city directory, Hi-Jackson Wholesalers is in this space. In the 1970 city directory, this space is vacant. In the 1972 city directory, Skyline TV and Appliance is in this space.
In the 1956 phone book, these businesses are found on East Laurel in what is now a parking lot:
- 204 Health Department
- 205 Pioneer Finance
- 205 Skelton TV Service
- 207 Webb Beauty Shoppe
- 209 Lovelady Tax Service
- 211 Payne and Westmoreland Florist
- 230 Shell Service Station
In the 1960 city directory, these businesses were found:
- 204 Dr. Sarah Atchley, Optometrist
- 209 Lovelady Tax Service
- 211 Mary Carter Paint
In the 1961 phone book, these businesses were found:
- 204 Dr. Sarah Atchley, Optometrist. She is found in 1965 in Word Arcade.
- 205 H. T. Foster Jr., Dentist> He is found in 1965 in Word Arcade.
- 207 Webb Beauty Shop
- 209 Lovelady Tax Service
- 210 Shell Service Station
- 211 Womack Flower Shop
In the 1967 city directory, these businesses are found:
- 204 is vacant
- 205 Century Finance Company of Scottsboro
- 208 Nina’s Beauty Salon
- 208 Nationwide Insurance Company
- 208 R. M. Starkey Real Estate
- 209 J. P. Duggan Chiropractor
- 210 Shell Service Station
- 211 C&C Floor Covering
In the 1973 city directory, these businesses are found:
- 206 Neighborhood Development Program
- 208 Boots Photo Service
- 210 Shell Service Station
These buildings were probably torn down in the early 1970s. I first visited Scottsboro in November 1976 and they were not there when I was first in town.
This building during World War II
1957 aerial view
Notice the white building across from the side of the Brown Building. This two-story building is now torn down and was home to the Shell Service Station.
1961 Wallace Furniture ad from the phone book
1961 Mary Carter Paint ad from the phone book
1967 Hi-Jackson Wholesalers ad from the yearbook
1971-73: Big C Drugs and the Shell service station
According to discussion on Facebook, the Claybrook Building was the home of Big C Drugs when it opened in 1971 before they completed the store in the current Akins Furniture shopping center and moved there in 1973. The Shell Station can be seen in the background of this First Monday shot.
