Jemison Company

The Jemison Building

The Jemison Company, also called the Jemison Real Estate & Insurance Co., was a company founded in 1903 by Robert Jemison Jr that was responsible for developing many residential and industrial suburbs in the Birmingham District. It was the parent of the Jemison-Seibels Insurance Agency, and of numerous individual "land companies" that were organized along with each major development. The company's commitment to high-quality landscape planning and design is credited with setting the standard for residential development in the area, and their reputation for successful developments attracted industrial and public investment to the region.

The Jemison Company was headquartered at 2024 3rd Avenue North, and later moved across 21st Street to the Jemison Building, which was completed in 1925.

Developments

• Earle Place, 1900s
• Elmwood Cemetery, 1900s
• Mountain Terrace (Forest Park), 1906-
• Central Park
• Ensley Highlands
• Cliff Road
• Empire Building, 1909 (Empire Construction Company)
• Fairfield (Corey), 1910-
• Westleigh, 1910-
• Altamont Road
• Redmont Park, 1910-
• Fox Building, 1912
• Mountain Brook Estates (Mountain Brook), 1926-

References

• Morris, Philip A. and Marjorie Longenecker White, eds. (1989) Designs on Birmingham: A Landscape History of a Southern City and Its Suburbs Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society
• Birmingham Historical Society (2011) The Jemison Magazine and the Selling of Birmingham, 1910-1914 ISBN 9780943994369
• Birmingham Historical Society (2012) The Jemison Magazine: Birmingham and Mountain Brook, 1926-1930 ISBN 0943994373