1715 Building

The 1715 Building, formerly the Dental Arts Building, is a 1-story, 6,102 square-foot medical office building on Block 780, at 1715 11th Avenue South in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood.

The modern-style L-shaped building is built into the sloping site. It has plywood and glass storefront entrances facing a driveway and parking area on the east side. The front and back walls are brick veneered and the flat roof cantilevers over the entrances supported on beams.

The building was constructed before 1959 and has generally housed dental and medical practices. UAB acquired the property for $1.15 million in September 2023.

Tenants

• Room 1: Rupert Bodden Jr dentist (1959)
• Room 2: Robert Freeman dentist (1959)
• Room 3: vacant (1959)
• Room 4: Perry Hitchcock dentist (1959)
• Room 5: Dan Douglas dentist (1959)
• Room 6: Wendell Taylor dentist (1959)
• Room 7: William Buck dentist (1959)
• Suite A: The Path Foundation / Alabama Hypnosis Clinic / Ed R. Martin & Cheryl Martin hypnotherapists (2011–2022)
• Suite C: Southside Family Dentistry / Kuntal Pandit dentist (2011–2022)
• Suite G: George C. Andrews dentist (2011–2022)

References

• Polk's Birmingham (Jefferson County, Ala.) City Directory (1959) R. L. Polk & Co.
• "University of Alabama at Birmingham to acquire two real estate properties for campus expansion." (September 5, 2023) ABC3340.com