Editing Trader Jon's Building

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|image=TraderJonsBuilding.jpg
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|name=Trader Jon's building (colloquial)
|location=511 South [[Palafox Street]]<br/>(just south of [[Main Street]])
|completion_date=1896
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30.407224, -87.214183, The [[Trader Jon's]] building at 511 South Palafox.
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The '''Trader Jon's building''' is the name most commonly used to describe the two-story brick building at 511 South [[Palafox Street]], so-named for its most famous tenant, the [[Trader Jon's]] nightclub.

Erected in [[1896]], it was the home to a shoe repair shop owned by [[Samuel Charles]], a prominent African-American businessman of the early 1900s, and to [[Birgar Testman]]'s ship chandlery in the 1920s. 

It was occupied by the eponymous Trader Jon's, a favorite haunt of local Navy personnel and home to a renowned collection of military memorabilia, from the 1950s until 2003. When [[Hurricane Ivan]] destroyed the [[Phenix Building]] in 2004, the owners of displaced retail store [[Sarah's]] considered moving into the adjacent Trader Jon's building, but ultimately decided instead to close shop forever.

In 2006, the first floor became a second home to the [[Big Sexy Food]] catering business to host private dinners and other events. They opened a lunchtime restaurant called the [[Nooner Café]] in the space in June [[2008]].

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==External links==
*[http://www.escpa.org/Detail_a.aspx?s=000S009100150025 Escambia County Property Appraiser parcel detail]

[[Category: Palafox Street buildings]]