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The '''Birmingham Hotel''' was a 6-story hotel location on the northwest corner of [[18th Street North|18th Street]] and [[2nd Avenue North]]. The plaster-faced building, constructed in the late 1890s, exaggerated its verticality with tall windows and sleek ornament. An octagonal corner tower originally supported a rooftop observation platform while the long facade on 18th Street was topped with a stepped gable with deep cornices which were later removed. | The '''Birmingham Hotel''' was a 6-story hotel location on the northwest corner of [[18th Street North|18th Street]] and [[2nd Avenue North]]. The plaster-faced building, constructed in the late 1890s, exaggerated its verticality with tall windows and sleek ornament. An octagonal corner tower originally supported a rooftop observation platform while the long facade on 18th Street was topped with a stepped gable with deep cornices which were later removed. | ||
The business was renamed the | The business was renamed the '''New Florence Hotel''' in [[1916]], taking the name of the just-demolished [[Florence Hotel]] a block east, though the businesses were not related. By the mid-1930s, the New Florence Hotel served largely long-term residents. It was destroyed by fire on [[June 6]], [[1935]]. A guest at the hotel was suspected of intentionally setting the fire, which caused two fatalities. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 23:03, 24 April 2014
The Birmingham Hotel was a 6-story hotel location on the northwest corner of 18th Street and 2nd Avenue North. The plaster-faced building, constructed in the late 1890s, exaggerated its verticality with tall windows and sleek ornament. An octagonal corner tower originally supported a rooftop observation platform while the long facade on 18th Street was topped with a stepped gable with deep cornices which were later removed.
The business was renamed the New Florence Hotel in 1916, taking the name of the just-demolished Florence Hotel a block east, though the businesses were not related. By the mid-1930s, the New Florence Hotel served largely long-term residents. It was destroyed by fire on June 6, 1935. A guest at the hotel was suspected of intentionally setting the fire, which caused two fatalities.
References
- "Suspect Jailed in Birmingham Fire Case" (June 7, 1935) The Tuscaloosa News
- Sulzby, James Frederick (1960) Historic Alabama Hotels and Resorts. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 0817353097