2713-2717 W 6th Ave - US Route 66--Sixth Street Historic District - Amarillo, TX
N 35° 12.670 W 101° 52.022
14S E 239014 N 3900228
The building at 2713-2717 W 6th Avenue, on historic Route 66 in Amarillo, is a contributing building in the US Route 66--Sixth Street Historic District. It is now used by the 6th Street Antique Mall.
Waymark Code: WMZK1A
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2018
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This commercial 1-part building is one of the Bussey Buildings, among the earliest in the district, built in 1927. The Continuation Form (see Optional link) provides some background on this cluster of buildings:
Contractor Albert Randall built this half-block section of modest strip commercial buildings for L.W. Bussey for $10,000. Featuring dark brown brick with limestone details, this row of four storefronts consists of a series of single doors flanked by glass display windows capped by fixed transoms. In 1924 Bussey commissioned 2719-27 on the southeast comer of Sixth and Florida to compete with the Cazzell Building on the southwest comer. These were the first major commercial buildings on Sixth Street, with 2713-17 following in 1927. Constructed before the renumbering of San Jacinto in 1928, the buildings housed a series of shops in various configurations. As businesses
prospered or declined, the amount of space they occupied affected addresses over the years. On 8 September 1924 the Amarillo Globe pronounced the building complete, although Lineville Drug in the corner shop was the sole occupant. A series of grocery stores, cafes, cleaners and drug stores subsequently occupied the space. Holders of Beauty License #1 for the State of Texas, the San Jacinto Beauty School was the most famous occupant from 1941 until 1964.