Feldman's Department Store, currently known as the Teal Professional Building, is a historic
commercial building in
Haleyville,
Winston County, Alabama
Winston County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,540. Its county seat is Double Springs. Known as Hancock County before 1858,
"ACES Winston County Office" (links/history),
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. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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on August 12, 2009.
History
Feldman's is a two-story brick building that was completed in 1911 for John Dodd. It was the first brick building, and is the oldest surviving commercial building, in Haleyville. The building was purchased by Moses Feldman in 1914. He and his wife, Fanny Royal, were both
Eastern Europe
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an Jewish immigrants to the United States. They purchased Dodd's building in order to open a
department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...
in the rapidly expanding town. The store occupied the entire first floor, with assorted professional and business offices housed on the second. The Feldmans' son Abe joined the business during the 1930s. The department store operated into the late 1990s, closing upon the death of the Feldmans' youngest son David.
References
National Register of Historic Places in Winston County, Alabama
Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places
Commercial buildings completed in 1911
1911 establishments in Alabama
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