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[[Image:Chalifoux Building.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Chalifoux Building in a 1905 publication]]
[[Image:Chalifoux Building.jpg|right|thumb|450px|The Chalifoux Building in a 1905 publication]]
The '''Chalifoux Building''', located at 1827 [[1st Avenue North]], on the southwest corner of [[19th Street North|19th Street]], was built in [[1893]] to house a branch of the [[Chalifoux Department Store]].
The '''Chalifoux Building''', located at 1827 [[1st Avenue North]], on the southwest corner of [[19th Street North|19th Street]], was built in [[1893]] to house a branch of the [[Chalifoux Department Store]].


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The main entrance faced directly into the intersection from the chamfered two-bay corner. Its heavy oak-trimmed doors with plate glass shutters opened into a tiled vestibule. The display windows of plate glass cost $200 each, and a central sky-lit atrium provided light to the interior offices as well as the sales floor.  
The main entrance faced directly into the intersection from the chamfered two-bay corner. Its heavy oak-trimmed doors with plate glass shutters opened into a tiled vestibule. The display windows of plate glass cost $200 each, and a central sky-lit atrium provided light to the interior offices as well as the sales floor.  


The other 2,000 square feet at street level was occupied by [[Gray-Dudley Hardware]]. The Chalifoux Building's upper floors housed the store's offices, as well as those of the [[Jefferson County Health Office]] and the [[United Mine Workers]]. A telephone cable with fifty-two wires was connected to the building from the central exchange on the third floor of the [[Terry Building]] a block away.
The other 2,000 square feet at street level was occupied by [[Gray & Dudley Hardware Co.]]. The Chalifoux Building's upper floors housed the store's offices, as well as those of the [[Jefferson County Health Office]] and the [[United Mine Workers]]. A telephone cable with fifty-two wires was connected to the building from the central exchange on the third floor of the [[Terry Building]] a block away.


The department store closed during the [[1907 financial panic]], and the building burned down soon later. The site was used for a new 7-story [[Lincoln Life Building]], which was erected in [[1909]], quickly became the home of the [[Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce|Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]], and currently houses the [[Jemison Flats]] apartments.
The department store closed during the [[1907 financial panic]], and the building burned down soon later. The site was used for a new 7-story [[Lincoln Life Building]], which was erected in [[1909]], quickly became the home of the [[Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce|Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]], and currently houses the [[Jemison Flats]] apartments.
==Tenants==
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* Ground floor
** [[Chalifoux Department Store]]
** [[Gray & Dudley Hardware Co.]] (1904)
** [[Christian Science Reading Room]] , [[Sarah Holliday]] librarian (1899)
* 1st floor
** 1–3: [[Drennen & Drennen]] physicians (1898–1904)
** 4-6: vacant (1904)
** 7: [[Robert Cunningham]] / [[Preston & Stauffer]] (1904)
** 8-9: [[W. P. Pinckard]] (1904)
** 9–11: [[E. W. Morris|E. W.]] & [[L. C. Morris]] physicians (1898)
** 10-11-17: [[R. F. Manly & Co.]] (1904)
** 10-19: [[Underwood Coal Co.]] (1904)
** 12-14: [[Birmingham Lumber Co.]] (1898)
** 16–17: [[R. T. Byrd]] physician (1898)
** 18: vacant (1904)
** 20-21: [[R. M. Nelson]] / [[New York Life Insurance Co.]] (1898), [[Washington Life Insurance Co. of New York]] (1904)
** 23–25: [[R. F. Manly & Co.]] insurance & real estate (1898)
*** 23: [[F. & M. Sloss]] (1904)
*** 24: [[J. T. Wilson]] (1904)
** 26: [[J. M. Satterfield]] (1904)
* 2nd floor
** 201-203: [[Dill & Allen]] (1904)
*** 201–202: [[Birmingham Fertlizer Co.]] (1898)
** 203–205: [[T. F. Steele]] agent of [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] (1898)
*** 204: [[Philip Carey Manufacturing Co.]] / [[Southern Construction Co.]] (1904)
*** 205: [[Stephenson Communication Co.]] / [[W. J. Dobbs]] (1904)
** 206: [[Schwarz & Lewis]] life insurance agents (1898)
** 207-208: [[George Eubank]] dentist (1898)
** 209–211: [[A. J. Frazer]] superintendent of [[Southern Railway]] (1898)
** 211-212: [[The Mac Afee Co.]] (1904)
** 212–214: [[C. A. Wickersham]] superintendent of [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] (1898)
** 215: [[Southern Railway]] (1898)
** 216–217: [[H. G. Farrar]] dispatcher of [[Southern Railway]] (1898)
** 213-217: vacant (1904)
** 218–219: [[W. N. Cox]] trainmaster for [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] (1898)
** 218: [[E. W. Wyatt]] (1904)
** 219-221: vacant (1904)
** 222: vacant (1904)
** 224-225: [[United Mine Workers of America]] (1904)
*** 224: [[Vassar Allen]] attorney / [[C. F. Wheelock]] sales agent (1898)
** 226: [[W. H. Skaggs]] (1898) / [[Fraternal Home Purchasing Association]] (1904)
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* 3rd floor
** 301: [[John F. Martin]] attorney (1898)
** 302: [[Southern Discount Co.]] (1904)
** 303: [[Morris Loveman]] attorney (1898)
** 304-305: [[Muscogee Coal Co.]] (1904)
** 306-310: vacant (1904)
*** 306: [[J. B. Pouncy]] merchandise broker (1898)
** 307–308: [[Lee Bradley]] / [[John C. Forney]] attorneys (1898)
** 309: [[Cahaba Southern Mining Co.]] (1898)
** 310: [[William Brewer]] geologist (1898)
** 311: [[F. H. Waring]] agent of [[Aetna Powder Co.]] (1898), [[Sterling Dynamite Co.]] (1904)
** 312: [[Richard Fries]] attorney (1898)
** 313: [[American Casting Co.]] (1904)
** 314: [[Navarra-Oetteking Music School]] (1898)
** 315-316: [[J. K. Dickson]] / [[J. W. Dickson & Co.]] (1904)
** 322–326: [[Smith & Weatherly]] attorneys (1898)
* 4th floor
** 401: [[F. Culverhouse]] / [[J. M. Duncan]] mine inspectors (1898), [[C. A. Merrill]] (1904)
** 402: [[Berry & Co.]] (1898), [[Williams & Wadley]] (1904)
** 403: [[J. K. P. Lacy]] real estate (1898), [[J. M. Gray]] (1904)
** 404–405: [[T. U. Walter III]] architects (1898)
*** 404: [[C. M. Woodrow & Co.]] (1904)
*** 405: [[M. L. Haley]] (1904)
** 406: [[W. B. Fulton]] (1904)
** 407-409: [[Alabama Infirmary of Osteopathy]] (1904)
*** 407: [[G. M. Lathem]] dentist (1898)
*** 408: [[J. M. Frazier]] dentist (1898)
*** 409: [[Perrin & Reed]] engineers & contractors (1898)
** 410: [[M. A. Zook]] roadmaster of [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] (1898)
** 412: [[Theodore Poull]] / [[Bauer & Co.]] (1904)
** 414: [[South-Eastern Tariff Association]] (1898)
** 415: [[L. L. Shwarz]] (19040
** 416-417: Mrs [[E. R. Coe]] dressmaker (1898), [[S. M. Ullman]] (1904)
** 418: [[J. C. Motley]] (1904)
** 419: [[H. A. Turner]] (1904)
** 421: [[Baker, Stillwell & Hart]] (1904)
** 422–423: Miss [[B. Nabers]] dressmaker (1898)
*** 422: [[Mrs M Lynch]] (1904)
** 424: [[Birmingham Chess, Checker & Whist Club]] (1898), [[Laura Seawright|Mrs Laura Seawright]] massage, vapor baths & manicuring (1904)
** 425-426: vacant (1904)
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Wheelock & Wheelock buildings]]
[[Category:Wheelock & Wheelock buildings]]
[[Category:Burned buildings]]
[[Category:Burned buildings]]
[[Category:1907 demolitions]]

Latest revision as of 10:12, 4 February 2021

The Chalifoux Building in a 1905 publication

The Chalifoux Building, located at 1827 1st Avenue North, on the southwest corner of 19th Street, was built in 1893 to house a branch of the Chalifoux Department Store.

The chain was owned by Joseph Chalifoux of Lowell, Massachusetts. Joseph's brother Oliver came to Birmingham from Chicago in 1890 to operate the new store. The brick building, designed by the firm of Wheelock, Joy & Wheelock, was 5 stories tall and clad with pressed brick with arches crowning the 4th and 5th floor windows.

The 12,000 square foot basement was excavated into solid bedrock by blasting and poured in concrete. With five floors above, the total floor area of the building was 72,000 square feet. The main store occupied 10,000 square feet on the ground level, divided by walnut, poplar and oak furnishings to define the many various departments.

The main entrance faced directly into the intersection from the chamfered two-bay corner. Its heavy oak-trimmed doors with plate glass shutters opened into a tiled vestibule. The display windows of plate glass cost $200 each, and a central sky-lit atrium provided light to the interior offices as well as the sales floor.

The other 2,000 square feet at street level was occupied by Gray & Dudley Hardware Co.. The Chalifoux Building's upper floors housed the store's offices, as well as those of the Jefferson County Health Office and the United Mine Workers. A telephone cable with fifty-two wires was connected to the building from the central exchange on the third floor of the Terry Building a block away.

The department store closed during the 1907 financial panic, and the building burned down soon later. The site was used for a new 7-story Lincoln Life Building, which was erected in 1909, quickly became the home of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and currently houses the Jemison Flats apartments.

Tenants

References

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