I am unsure as to when Jones Shutter moved to this building but I know they were there in the mid-1950's because I used to ride the bus here after school at St. Mary's Parochial. My aunt Norma was Mr. Jones' secretary and I would hang around the plant and neighborhood until she took me home. They manufactured galvanized steel and aluminum hurricane shutters in the plant along with various fiberglass products such as shower doors, front doors, the Howard Johnsons cupolas, etc. In the second half of 1965 Jones Shutter moved to a brand new building at 8105 W. 20th Avenue in Hialeah fronting the Palmetto Expressway just south of NW 138th Street. I worked part-time during that time and I made several trip in trucks loaded with equipment being moved from the old plant in the image.

Other businesses in the above building and an adjacent building, to the right and out of the photo, were E. B. Elliott Advertising, Flutie Neon and a music record distributorship. A large Coca-Cola bottling plant was further to the west on the south side of 29th Street. Traffic really increased on NW 29th Street when I-95 opened several blocks to the west and terminated at NW 29th Street in the early 60's. I-95 was later extended southward through Overtown, downtown Miami and down to US 1 south of the Brickell area.