Robert Pearson residence

The Robert Pearson residence was a large Victorian-style mansion constructed by Robert Pearson at 920 20th Street South in what was then the Town of Highland. The family moved into the newly-completed home in October 1888.

Pearson's property had 80 feet of frontage on 20th Street, but widened to 200 feet as it extended through the entire block to 19th Street South.

In 1893 Highland was annexed into Birmingham, and flourished as the heart of the city's Five Points South neighborhood.

Pearson had engaged Warren & Welton to design a new home in 1909. The plans were published in The American Architect on June 9 of that year, but Pearson died in October before contracting for it to be built. His wife, Sallie continued to live in the 1888 house until 1921, when she sold it to brother physicians George and Edgar Hogan. They resided in the house and operated their practice, The Hogan Clinic, on the ground floor.

After their deaths, their surviving family demolished the house in 1964 and constructed a parking lot for the neighboring South 20th Building, then leased by Byrd Realty Co. to the the U.S. Army and U.S. Department of Labor, which kept procurement offices there.

The property remains in use for parking, and is owned by UAB.

References

• Carter, Lane (September 8, 1964) "Proud mansion built in 80's will leave Southside scene." The Birmingham News