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|name=Crystal Ice Company building
|location=2024 North [[Davis HighwayStreet]]
|architect=[[Steven Fulgham]]
|client=[[Guy Spearman]]
|cost=
|structural_system=concrete, stucco
|style=ice
|size=
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.434734" lon="-87.21312" zoom="17" width="288" height="288200">
30.434709, -87.213099, Crystal Ice Company building
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The '''Crystal Ice Company''' was a roadside ice store in the [[Eastside]] neighborhood built circa [[1932]] for [[Guy Spearman]], who later founded the [[Spearman Brewing Company]].
The '''Crystal Ice Company''' was a roadside ice store in the [[Eastside]] neighborhood built circa [[1932]] Image:CrystalIceHandSignals.jpg|thumb|left|Hand signals, used for [[Guy Spearman]]ordering, who later founded and prices set in relief on the building's exterior. Photo courtesy of [[Spearman Brewing Companyhttp://www.agilitynut.com/mim/ice.html Roadside Architecture].]]Passing motorists would stop under the canopy and indicate to an attendant (using hand signals shown in relief on the building's exterior) how much ice they wanted.
The building (which still stands at 2024 North [[Image:CrystalIceHandSignals.jpg|thumb|left|Hand signals, used Davis Street]]) is notable for ordering, and prices set in relief its design by [[Steven Fulgham]] featuring stucco "icicles" a polar bear sculpture on the building's exterior]]Passing motorists would stop under roof. It is one of the canopy only remaining examples of vernacular roadside commercial architecture in Pensacola and indicate was added to an attendant (using hand signals shown in relief the National Register of Historic Places on the building's exterior) how much ice they wanted[[September 29]], [[1983]].
The building (which still stands at 2024 North ==External links==*[[Davis Highway]http://www.agilitynut.com/mim/ice.html Roadside Architecture]) is notable for its design by *[[Steven Fulgham]] featuring stucco "icicles" a polar bear sculpture on the roofhttp://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/places/Sites/8ES00516_crystal. It is one of the only remaining examples of vernacular roadside commercial architecture in Pensacola and was added to the National Register of Historic cfm Florida's History Through Its Places on [[September 29]], [[1983]].
[[Category:National Register of Historic PlacesEastside]] [[Category:EastsideNational Register of Historic Places]]

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