Forest Club (Forest Club Bowling Alleys)
- Identifier
- DBB-BUS-01275
- Name
- Forest Club
- Name Variations
- Forest Club Bowling Alleys
- Type
- Business
- Activity
- club / theater / entertainment venue
- recreation and leisure clubs
- bowling alley
- Description
- Located at 700 East Forest Street at the corner of Hastings, Forest Club became a popular spot for nightlife entertainment in the Paradise Valley neighborhood. It was established in 1941 by Sunnie Wilson, a transplant from South Carolina. The Forest Club spanned the entire block and had a banquet hall, a dance floor, a two-level roller-skating rink, twenty-six lanes for bowling, and a famous 107-foot-long bar.
- Location
- 700 E Forest Ave
- Affiliates
-
Edwards, Eddie
Role: ManagerWilson, William Nathaniel "Sunnie" (Sonny, Sonnie)
Role: Owner and/or Operator - Book Pages
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This business or an affiliated person appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): xiii, xiv, 88, 89, 91, 92, 95, 100, 149, 160, 161, 168, 169, 170, 177, 241, 242.
- Documentation
- Freedom Enterprise, xiii, xiv (Forest Club)
- 1941-01-04 Michigan Chronicle, 10 (Forest Club Bowling Centre)
- 1941-06-28 Michigan Chronicle, 2 (Forest Club)
- 1942-06-27 Michigan Chronicle, 22 (Forest Club Bowling Alleys)
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1943-12-25 Michigan Chronicle, 14 (Forest Bowling Club Alleys)
- 1945-12-22 Michigan Chronicle, 4 (Forest Club)
- Title
- Forest Club (Forest Club Bowling Alleys)