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[[Image:Farley Building postcard.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Early postcard view of the Farley Building]]
[[Image:Farley Building postcard.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Early postcard view of the Farley Building]]
The '''Farley Building''' is a 126-foot-tall, 9 story building in [[Downtown Birmingham]] located on the southwest corner of [[3rd Avenue North|3rd Avenue]] and [[20th Street North]].
The '''Farley Building''' is a 126-foot-tall, 9 story building in [[Downtown Birmingham]] located on the southwest corner of [[3rd Avenue North|3rd Avenue]] and [[20th Street North]].


Built in [[1909]], the building was the fourth steel-frame "skyscraper" erected in Birmingham. It was financed by [[John Farley]], a merchant from Benton (Lowndes County).  Architects [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects|Miller, Martin & Lewis]] created a graceful composition of dark red brick arches and light-colored spandrels, less severe than the tall buildings that preceded it.  
Built in [[1909]], the building was the fourth steel-frame "skyscraper" erected in Birmingham. It was financed by [[John Farley|John G. Farley]], a merchant from Benton in Lowndes County.  Architects [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects|Miller, Martin & Lewis]] created a graceful composition of dark red brick arches and light-colored spandrels, less severe than the tall buildings that preceded it.  


The building's projecting cornice was removed when the 9th story was added.
The building's projecting cornice was removed when the 9th story was added.


==Tenants==
==Tenants==
* [[Altrurian Society]]
* Ground floor:
* [[Birmingham Cultural and Heritage Foundation]] (-2009)
** [[Bromberg's|F. W. Bromberg Jewelry Co.]] (1909)
* [[Brannon's]]
** [[Classic Basket]]
* 300-316: [[Horace Alford]], attorney (1923)
** [[Florsheim Shoes]]
* 407-408: [[O. P. Brooks]], chiropractor (1923)
** [[Contact Lens Clinic]] (1960s)
* [[Classic Basket]]
** [[Brannon's]]
* [[Contact Lens Clinic]] (1960s)
** [[Russell Stover Candies]]
* Florsheim Shoes
** [[Onlie Barber Shop]] (1909)
* [[Sigmund Nesselroth]], architect
** [[Hill Shoe Co.]] (1909)
* Russell Stover Candies
* Rooms
* 913: [[William Harrison]], [[Alabama State Federation of Labor]]
** [[Altrurian Society]]
** [[Birmingham Cultural and Heritage Foundation]] (-2009)
** [[Sigmund Nesselroth]], architect
** 202-204: [[A. S. Boyd]]/[[Penn Casualty Co.]] (1909)
** 206: [[J. E. Pugh]] (1909)
** 208: [[J. B. Coff]], insurance (1909)
** 210: [[Black & Weakley]] (1909)
** 300: [[Dr Strickland]], physician (1909)
** 300-316: [[Horace Alford]], attorney (1923)
** 302: [[Dr Rosamond]], physician (1909)
** 308-309: [[R. A. James]], physician (1909)
** 307: [[Allen & Bell]] (1909)
** 311: [[R. C. Thagard]], physician (1909)
** 313: [[Taylor McCarty]] (1909)
** 400: [[Stalling-Lacey Court Reporters]] (1909)
** 402-403: [[W. R. Dillard]], physician (1909)
** 404: [[Dr Copeland]] (1909)
** 406: [[Dr O'Connell]] (1909)
** 407-408: [[O. P. Brooks]], chiropractor (1923)
** 500-516: [[C. B. Powell]] (1909)
** 503: [[Bowman, Harsh & Beddow]] (1909)
** 507: [[C. B. Smith]]
** 510: [[R. D. Coffman]] (1909)
** 511: [[Strange & Chappel]]
** 601-603: [[E. S. Moore]] (1909)
** 605: [[L. P. Hill]], real estate (1909)
** 606: [[R. F. Bevil]], physician (1909)
** 607: [[T. P. Vowell]], physician (1909)
** 611: [[George H. McFadden & Bros.]] (1909)
** 701: [[Dr Glass]], physician (1909)
** 702: [[Gaston & Pettus]], (1909)
** 705: [[D. F. Florence]], physician (1909)
** 709: [[Southern Indemnity Association]] (1909)
** 801: [[Green & Howard]], physicians (1909)
** 805: [[J. T. Glover]] (1909)
** 806: [[P. E. Rittenburg]], physician (1909)
** 807: [[R. L. Leatherwood]] (1909)
** 808: [[U. L. Allen]] (1909)
** 813: [[W. T. Masterson]], physician (1909)
** 901: [[T. M. Bradley]], real estate (1909)
** 902-908: [[T. H. Joy]] (1909)
** 907: [[Margon Advertising Co.]] (1909)
** 908: [[E. E. Pugh]] (1909)
** 910: [[Dr Sibley]], physician (1909)
** 913: [[Clark Williams]] (1909), [[William Harrison]], [[Alabama State Federation of Labor]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:49, 31 March 2017

Early postcard view of the Farley Building

The Farley Building is a 126-foot-tall, 9 story building in Downtown Birmingham located on the southwest corner of 3rd Avenue and 20th Street North.

Built in 1909, the building was the fourth steel-frame "skyscraper" erected in Birmingham. It was financed by John G. Farley, a merchant from Benton in Lowndes County. Architects Miller, Martin & Lewis created a graceful composition of dark red brick arches and light-colored spandrels, less severe than the tall buildings that preceded it.

The building's projecting cornice was removed when the 9th story was added.

Tenants

References

External links

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