coffee painting

Walking about downtown, I always admire 

this painting up high on the corner of 1223 

Commercial Street. It looks like an old 1940s 

coffee mug. Was there once an amazing diner here? 

After a little research on this site, here’s what 

I discovered: Throughout the 1930s—1940s 

this was the Clark Electric Company. By 1954, 

it was home of Blackburn Office Equipment. 

It became vacant, from 1978 from 1980 when 

it became Café Rosa. In 1985, it was vacant again 

until 1991 when it became an architect’s office. 

Currently it’s an attorney office. Maybe the sign 

was directing coffee lovers further south? Like Brazil.