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{{About|the assisted-living facility|the apartments|Highland Manor Apartments}}
{{About|the assisted-living facility|the apartments|Highland Manor Apartments}}
[[Image:Highland Manor.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Highland Manor in February 2006]]
[[Image:Highland Manor.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Highland Manor in February 2006]]
'''Highland Manor''' is a 15-story assisted-living apartment tower located at 2040 [[Highland Avenue]] on the corner of [[21st Street South]].
'''Highland Manor''' is a 15-story assisted-living apartment tower located at 2040 [[Highland Avenue]] on the corner of [[21st Street South]].


[[Image:Top of 21 logo.jpg|left|75px]]
The building was constructed in [[1961]] as the [[Colony Motor Hotel]], later rebranded as a [[Colony Motor Hotel|Sheraton Motor Inn]].
The building was constructed in [[1961]] as the 208-room '''Sheraton Motor Inn'''. When it was operated as a hotel, under the management of Mrs [[M. Michelli]], the building boasted flexible meeting rooms on the second floor, nightly dancing in the "Cloud Room" and a penthouse restaurant, the '''Guv'nor's Grill'''. The restaurant was later called '''Top of 21'''.
 
The apartment building was repainted in [[2006]] and remodeled inside and out in [[2017]]. In December [[2020]] a fire in one unit caused two deaths.
 
==References==
* Edgemon, Erin (December 1, 2016) "High-rise apartment complex in Birmingham's Southside to get facelift." {{BN}}
* Robinson, Carol (December 28, 2020) "Mother, adult son killed in Highland Avenue apartment fire; 7 others treated." {{BN}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/sh/?id=101922&txt=highland+manor Highland Manor] on Emporis.com
* [http://www.emporis.com/building/highlandmanor-birmingham-al-usa Highland Manor] on Emporis.com


[[Category:Southside apartments]]
[[Category:Southside apartments]]
[[Category:1961 buildings]]
[[Category:1961 buildings]]
[[Category:Former hotels]]
[[Category:15-story buildings]]
[[Category:Tall buildings|15]]
[[Category:Highland Avenue]]
[[Category:Highland Avenue]]
[[Category:21st Street South]]
[[Category:21st Street South]]

Latest revision as of 13:20, 30 December 2020

This article is about the assisted-living facility. For the apartments, see Highland Manor Apartments.
Highland Manor in February 2006

Highland Manor is a 15-story assisted-living apartment tower located at 2040 Highland Avenue on the corner of 21st Street South.

The building was constructed in 1961 as the Colony Motor Hotel, later rebranded as a Sheraton Motor Inn.

The apartment building was repainted in 2006 and remodeled inside and out in 2017. In December 2020 a fire in one unit caused two deaths.

References

  • Edgemon, Erin (December 1, 2016) "High-rise apartment complex in Birmingham's Southside to get facelift." The Birmingham News
  • Robinson, Carol (December 28, 2020) "Mother, adult son killed in Highland Avenue apartment fire; 7 others treated." The Birmingham News

External links