Adams Inn

Vacant hotel in March 2010

The Adams Inn is a former hotel located at 300 10th Street North. It occupies the block between 3rd and 4th Avenue North and between 9th and 10th Streets and is just west of I-65.

Originally a Ramada Inn, the five-story, 196-room hotel was constructed in the 1970s and went through a succession of owners and vacant periods before Asif Balagam, a salvage dealer from Atlanta, Georgia purchased it. At some point, the sign was altered by removing the fist and last letters of "Ramada", and the hotel operated as the Amad Inn. Later the sign was changed to "Adams Inn", and the hotel did business as "Adams Inn Central" or Central Inn.

After a long decline, only part of the motel was being used when a fire broke out on the first floor on February 4, 2009. It was quickly contained. The building was vacated for good following a dispute with the property's insurer over storm damages.

The City of Birmingham has ordered the owner to secure the building against squatters and vandals, but Balagam's meager efforts have been ineffective, and the site is littered with broken windows and trash thrown from upper rooms onto the parking lot. In August 2010 the Birmingham City Council began the process of condemning the property, opening the door for demolition.

References

• Gray, Jeremy (February 4, 2009) "Adams Inn fire extinguished." Birmingham News
• Bryant, Joseph D. (August 25, 2010) "Birmingham condemns dilapidated hotel off I-65." Birmingham News