Royal Cup building
The Royal Cup building is a 3-story brick commercial building located at 2401 1st Avenue North in Downtown Birmingham, on the northwest corner of Block 106B, southeast of 1st Avenue's intersection with 24th Street North and adjacent to the 24th Street viaduct. The rear of the building is addressed as 2400 Morris Avenue.
The building was constructed in 1909 as the second home of the Batterton Coffee Company, manufacturers of "Royal Cup" brand coffees and teas. The company continued to operate there through 1976 when it relocated to Cleage Drive near Pinson Valley Parkway in northeast Birmingham.
In recent years the building has been identified as a Security Bonded Warehouse. Since at least 2013 the building has been owned by CIC Properties, a limited liability company registered to Frances Cypress of Dixie Store Fixtures and used for storage before the company shut down in 2019.
The Royal Cup building is listed as a contributing structure to the Morris Avenue / First Avenue North Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.