The Phenix Building was an historic building at the corners of Palafox and Cedar Streets, immediately adjacent to the famous Trader Jon's building. An 1893 advertisement in the Daily News read as follows:
| Phenix Building | |
| Building Information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Palafox and Cedar Streets |
| Architect | L.C. Sarra |
| Client | William Fisher |
| Completion Date | 1893 |
| Date Demolished | 2004 (from damage received in Hurricane Ivan |
| Size | three stories |
FOR RENT, in the new three-story
building on Palafox, below main, to be
known as "THE PHENIX," the following
apartments:
Two small store rooms, 10x50, suitable
for fruit or tobacco stores, or for offices,
on ground floor: water and gas.
Three elegant rooms on second floor,
suitable for offices or sleeping rooms;
S.W. exposure, plastered and papered,
water and gas.
Hall on third floor, 50x50, plastered
and papered, no columns, has fireplaces,
water and gas, accessible by two flights
stairs. Ventilated from every quarter.
Terms low to right parties. Apply at
once to
L.C. Sarra,
Builder
Early tenants included a barbershop, cigar store, and Dunn's Hotel. In 1903 it had become the Bay Hotel, Restaurant and Shooting Gallery.
Its last tenant was Sarah's, an upscale women's clothing store and boutique. The damage it received in 2004 from Hurricane Ivan was so severe, the building (in spite of its name) had to be demolished.