From the 1930s through the 1960s, two buildings on the west side of 3rd Street between Pendleton and Switzler were a hub of family life and commerce in Columbia's black community. A one-story brick building housed the 3rd Street Market, later Jake's Store, and the Blue and White Café, where area residents bought groceries, including ring bologna from a butcher named Archibald. The Blue and White served hotdogs and hamburgers from Pop Britt's one-man grill, and Douglass students frequented both places before school and at lunchtime. After 5 p.m., the café became a juke joint for adults only. At 417 N. 3rd Street, the Harvey House, owned by William Harvey, operated as a rooming house for both Columbians and travelers for more than 20 years and was listed in The Negro Motorist Green Book as one of the few places offering lodging to black travelers passing through Columbia. Both buildings were torn down during the Douglass School Urban Renewal Project of the 1960s.