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The '''Jefferson Home Furniture Building''' is a six story building located at 1716 [[2nd Avenue North]]. | The '''Jefferson Home Furniture Building''' is a six story building located at 1716 [[2nd Avenue North]]. | ||
The building, built in [[1915]], was the home of [[Cain Furniture]] by the 1920s, and was renovated with a sheet-metal facade in the 1960s by [[Jefferson Home Furniture]]. | The building, built in [[1915]], was the home of [[Cain Furniture]] by the 1920s. It became the home of the [[Joiner Furniture Co.]] in [[1944]], and was renovated with a sheet-metal facade in the 1960s by [[Jefferson Home Furniture]]. | ||
In [[2004]] [[Operation New Birmingham]] put it on their [[12 Most Wanted]] list of downtown buildings in need of renovation. In [[2006]], [[Jeremy Erdreich]], owner of the building, planned to create 23 condos (to be called '''Jefferson Lofts'''). That plan was not realized until [[2014]] when the facade was removed and the project was approved for Alabama's "[[historic rehabilitation tax credit]]" program. | In [[2004]] [[Operation New Birmingham]] put it on their [[12 Most Wanted]] list of downtown buildings in need of renovation. In [[2006]], [[Jeremy Erdreich]], owner of the building, planned to create 23 condos (to be called '''Jefferson Lofts'''). That plan was not realized until [[2014]] when the facade was removed and the project was approved for Alabama's "[[historic rehabilitation tax credit]]" program. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* Tomberlin, Michael (February 13, 2011) "Downtown dreams: Renovation slow for prominent buildings." {{BN}} | * Tomberlin, Michael (February 13, 2011) "Downtown dreams: Renovation slow for prominent buildings." {{BN}} | ||
Revision as of 12:57, 2 August 2014
The Jefferson Home Furniture Building is a six story building located at 1716 2nd Avenue North.
The building, built in 1915, was the home of Cain Furniture by the 1920s. It became the home of the Joiner Furniture Co. in 1944, and was renovated with a sheet-metal facade in the 1960s by Jefferson Home Furniture.
In 2004 Operation New Birmingham put it on their 12 Most Wanted list of downtown buildings in need of renovation. In 2006, Jeremy Erdreich, owner of the building, planned to create 23 condos (to be called Jefferson Lofts). That plan was not realized until 2014 when the facade was removed and the project was approved for Alabama's "historic rehabilitation tax credit" program.
References
- Tomberlin, Michael (February 13, 2011) "Downtown dreams: Renovation slow for prominent buildings." The Birmingham News
- Davis, Byron (January 28, 2014) "Cain Furniture Building project to move forward with tax credit cushion ." Birmingham Business Journal