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[[File:Calder Furniture Co.jpg|right|thumb|450px|1940s O. V. Hunt photo of delivery trucks outside the 300 18th Street North location of Calder Furniture Co.]] | [[File:Calder Furniture Co.jpg|right|thumb|450px|1940s O. V. Hunt photo of delivery trucks outside the 300 18th Street North location of Calder Furniture Co.]] | ||
The '''Calder Furniture Company''' was a furniture store founded by [[ | The '''Calder Furniture Company''', originally the '''Hood-Booth-Calder Furniture Co.''' and later the '''F. G. Calder Furniture Company''', was a furniture store founded in [[1927]] by [[Fred Calder]], [[E. M. Hood]] and [[B. E. Booth]] in downtown [[Birmingham]]. | ||
From [[1941]] to [[1952]] the store was located in the former [[Parisian building]] at 300 [[18th Street North]], then moved to 1820 [[2nd Avenue North]]. | From [[1941]] to [[1952]] the store was located in the former [[Parisian building]] at 300 [[18th Street North]], then moved to 1820 [[2nd Avenue North]]. | ||
Around [[1964]] it moved again, to the former [[Yeilding's]] department store on the southwest corner of [[22nd Street North|22nd Street]] and 2nd Avenue North. | Around [[1964]] it moved again, to the former [[Yeilding's]] department store on the southwest corner of [[22nd Street North|22nd Street]] and 2nd Avenue North. | ||
In the 1970s the store moved to the [[Patton Chapel Plaza]] at 1678 [[Montgomery Highway (Hoover)|Montgomery Highway]] in [[Hoover]]. | |||
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[[Category:Furniture stores]] | [[Category:Furniture stores]] | ||
[[Category:1927 establishments]] | |||
[[Category:18th Street North]] | [[Category:18th Street North]] | ||
[[Category:3rd Avenue North]] | [[Category:3rd Avenue North]] | ||
[[Category:2nd Avenue North]] | [[Category:2nd Avenue North]] | ||
[[Category:22nd Street North]] | [[Category:22nd Street North]] | ||
[[Category:Patton Chapel Plaza]] | |||
Revision as of 08:37, 11 September 2019
The Calder Furniture Company, originally the Hood-Booth-Calder Furniture Co. and later the F. G. Calder Furniture Company, was a furniture store founded in 1927 by Fred Calder, E. M. Hood and B. E. Booth in downtown Birmingham.
From 1941 to 1952 the store was located in the former Parisian building at 300 18th Street North, then moved to 1820 2nd Avenue North.
Around 1964 it moved again, to the former Yeilding's department store on the southwest corner of 22nd Street and 2nd Avenue North.
In the 1970s the store moved to the Patton Chapel Plaza at 1678 Montgomery Highway in Hoover.