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'''1918 1st Avenue North''', also known as the '''1918 Building''',  the '''Birmingham Gas Company building''', the '''Alabama Gas Company Building''', or the '''Alagasco Building''', is a five-story, 78,000 square-foot commercial building which was constructed at 1918-1924 [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]] in [[1915]].
'''1918 1st Avenue North''', also known as the '''1918 Building''',  the '''Birmingham Gas Company building''', the '''Alabama Gas Company Building''', the '''Alagasco Building''' or the '''Alagasco Empire Building''', is a five-story, 78,000 square-foot commercial building which was constructed at 1918-1924 [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]] in [[1915]].


The building housed the [[Birmingham Gas Company]] in [[1937]]. The [[1st Resource Credit Union|Gasco Employees Credit Union]] (now [[1st Resource Credit Union]]) was founded there in [[1940]]. In [[1948]] [[Southern Natural Gas]] merged the Birmingham Gas Company and the Alabama Gas Company into the [[Alabama Gas Corporation]], and the 1918 Building became its headquarters. Alagasco was spun off from Southern as a public distribution utility in [[1953]].
The building housed the [[Birmingham Gas Company]] in [[1937]]. The [[1st Resource Credit Union|Gasco Employees Credit Union]] (now [[1st Resource Credit Union]]) was founded there in [[1940]]. In [[1948]] [[Southern Natural Gas]] merged the Birmingham Gas Company and the Alabama Gas Company into the [[Alabama Gas Corporation]], and the 1918 Building became its headquarters. An "[[Audichron]]" automated telephone clock was installed in the building's lobby in [[1949]].
 
Alagasco was spun off from Southern as a public distribution utility in [[1953]].


The building was combined with the adjoining [[Bank for Savings & Trusts]] with extensive interior renovations and a modern steel and glass facade in [[1963]]. It continued to serve as Alagasco's primary office until completion of the [[Energen Plaza]] in [[1998]].
The building was combined with the adjoining [[Bank for Savings & Trusts]] with extensive interior renovations and a modern steel and glass facade in [[1963]]. It continued to serve as Alagasco's primary office until completion of the [[Energen Plaza]] in [[1998]].

Revision as of 13:01, 31 August 2018

1918 1st Avenue North, also known as the 1918 Building, the Birmingham Gas Company building, the Alabama Gas Company Building, the Alagasco Building or the Alagasco Empire Building, is a five-story, 78,000 square-foot commercial building which was constructed at 1918-1924 1st Avenue North in 1915.

The building housed the Birmingham Gas Company in 1937. The Gasco Employees Credit Union (now 1st Resource Credit Union) was founded there in 1940. In 1948 Southern Natural Gas merged the Birmingham Gas Company and the Alabama Gas Company into the Alabama Gas Corporation, and the 1918 Building became its headquarters. An "Audichron" automated telephone clock was installed in the building's lobby in 1949.

Alagasco was spun off from Southern as a public distribution utility in 1953.

The building was combined with the adjoining Bank for Savings & Trusts with extensive interior renovations and a modern steel and glass facade in 1963. It continued to serve as Alagasco's primary office until completion of the Energen Plaza in 1998.

The long-vacant building was purchased from Bocar Family Holdings of Carson City, Nevada in 2015, and redeveloped as a Fairfield Inn & Suites, operated jointly with the adjacent Elyton Hotel, in 2018. The hotel renovation involved replacement of the 1960s steel and glass facade with simulated stucco.

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