Sol Loeb Warehouse, 900 Front Avenue, Columbus

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Since its construction the building has housed a variety of enterprises. It first contained a syrup refinery and candy manufactory. The Mitchell Hosiery Mill occupied the structure between and In the Sol Loeb Company, then grocers to Columbus for nearly a century, took over the 2-story brick building, and still employ it as a warehouse.

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J. B. Karfunkle, Note: See GA-33, drawing sheet 13 of 13 for site location map and short descriptive statement. It is understood that access to this material rests, on the condition that should any of it be used in any form or by any means, the authro of such material and the Historic American Engineering Record of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service at all times be given proper credit. Sol Loeb Co. HAER GA-24 (Page 2) Sol Loeb Company Warehouse The warehouse of the Sol Loeb Company is a 120 x 50 foot brick structure on Front Avenue at 9th Street (see SL photo 1). The uilding contains two stories and a full basement. The heavy interior post and beam framing remain in fine condition.

The advertising painted on the brick exterior help the building retain its early twentieth century flavor (see SL photos 1 and 2). The Cargill Wright Company built the structure in The building has housed a variety of enterprises. It first contained a syrup refinery and candy manufactory powered by steam. The Mitchell Hosiery Mill occupied the building between and The Sol Loeb Company acquired the property in [1] The predecessor of this company was organized in by Sol Loeb and his sister Betty Loeb Kern. It was known as Kern and Loeb until and originally sold liquors and tobacco.

As early as prohibition in Georgia transformed the Loebs from liquor merchants, to grocers, "marketing nationally known merchandise on a controlled basis." J2J The company traded both within, and outside of, Columbus. By World War II the. company adopted truck transport to replace its river traffic, in order to enhance trade outside the City. {3] Until this time the company warehouse was at Street and Front Avenue. Perhaps the acquisition of the 9th Street property reflected the need for a building which could accommodate loading docks and which trucks could easily approach. [4] The building still serves as a warehouse for the Sol Loeb Company. During the summer of the structure was part of a H.A.E.R.

team planning study concerned with the revitalization of downtown Columbus in conjunction with the city's proposed trade/convention center. Sol Loeb Co. HAER GA-24 (Page 3) * Footnotes 1. Deed Books 201 70, 91) and 255 (p. Muscogee County Superior Court. 2. Sol Loeb Scrapbook (microfilm), Columbus College Archives, Columbus, Ga. 3. Ibid. 4. This is, of course, speculation. The company may simply have needed a larger warehouse building to accommodate an expanding business. Sol Loeb Co. HAER GA-24 (Page 4) m Bibliography Deed Books 201 & in Muscogee County Superior Court give information on ownership and incorporation. Sanborn Insurance mpas, Sol Loeb Scrapbook (Microfilm), Columbus College Archives. This si the only source with any concentration of information on the Sol Loeb Company,