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[[Image:Capitol Park 1885.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Exposition Building seen in Henry Wellge's 1885 Bird's Eye view of Birmingham]] | [[Image:Capitol Park 1885.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Exposition Building seen in Henry Wellge's 1885 Bird's Eye view of Birmingham]] | ||
[[Image:Exposition Building.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Mineral Exposition Building seen in John Witherspoon DuBose's 1886 ''The Mineral Wealth of Alabama and Birmingham Illustrated''.]] | [[Image:Exposition Building.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Mineral Exposition Building seen in John Witherspoon DuBose's 1886 ''The Mineral Wealth of Alabama and Birmingham Illustrated''.]] | ||
The '''Alabama Mineral Exposition Building''' was a temporary structure erected on the south side of [[Capitol Park]] facing [[20th Street North]]. It was built in the 1870s to display samples of minerals extracted from throughout the [[Birmingham District]] to visitors, and thereby to encourage investments in the growth of the city and its industries. It continued to serve that purpose through the mid-1880s. | The '''Alabama Mineral Exposition Building''' was a temporary structure erected on the south side of [[Capitol Park]] facing [[20th Street North]]. It was built in the 1870s to display samples of minerals extracted from throughout the [[Birmingham District]] to visitors, and thereby to encourage investments in the growth of the city and its industries. It continued to serve that purpose through the mid-1880s.<!--the historical plaque in the park says the building was constructed in 1883. Perhaps a rebuilding?--> | ||
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For part of [[1886]] the building housed students from the [[Powell School]] while a new building was constructed for them. The structure was demolished in [[1891]]. | For part of [[1886]] the building housed students from the [[Powell School]] while a new building was constructed for them. In [[1889]] a proposal was made to convert the building for use as an industrial school. The [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]] determined that it lacked the authority to commit $140 in city funds toward the project, but [[Mayor of Birmingham|Mayor]] [[B. A. Thompson]] and Aldermen Solomon, [[E. L. Higdon]], [[W. C. Rabb]] and [[J. P. Mudd]] each donated $10. | ||
The structure was demolished in [[1891]]. | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/digital/collection/BrmnghmNP01/id/8994/rec/10 A Better Way]" (September 11, 1889) ''Weekly Age-Herald'' | |||
* Cruikshank, George M. (1920) ''History of Birmingham and Its Environs'' (2 vol.) Chicago: Lewis Publishing. | * Cruikshank, George M. (1920) ''History of Birmingham and Its Environs'' (2 vol.) Chicago: Lewis Publishing. | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 8 August 2018
The Alabama Mineral Exposition Building was a temporary structure erected on the south side of Capitol Park facing 20th Street North. It was built in the 1870s to display samples of minerals extracted from throughout the Birmingham District to visitors, and thereby to encourage investments in the growth of the city and its industries. It continued to serve that purpose through the mid-1880s.
For part of 1886 the building housed students from the Powell School while a new building was constructed for them. In 1889 a proposal was made to convert the building for use as an industrial school. The Birmingham Board of Aldermen determined that it lacked the authority to commit $140 in city funds toward the project, but Mayor B. A. Thompson and Aldermen Solomon, E. L. Higdon, W. C. Rabb and J. P. Mudd each donated $10.
The structure was demolished in 1891.
References
- "A Better Way" (September 11, 1889) Weekly Age-Herald
- Cruikshank, George M. (1920) History of Birmingham and Its Environs (2 vol.) Chicago: Lewis Publishing.